When I told you I didn't want you it was the blackest kind of blasphemy

Tonight the sky was utterly black. Perhaps there was no moon tonight—a lunar eclipse, a new moon. A new moon. I shivered, though I wasn't cold.

Well, I'm so sorry that I can't be the right kind of monster for you, Bella.

Sometimes you have to learn to love what's good for you.

I honestly have no idea how to live without you.

Only you could be more important than what I wanted...what I needed. What I want and what I need is to be with you, and I know I'll never be strong enough to leave again.

Sometimes, loyalty gets in the way of what you want to do. Sometimes, it’s not your secret to tell.

Try not to trip, " she added. "We don't have time for a concussion today."I groaned. That would be just like me - ruin everything, destroy the world, in a moment of klutziness.

The thing about the sun… is that it’s always there. Like sometimes, you can’t see it, but it never really goes away.

Sorry if I can't be the right monster for you Bella.

Maybe it would feel nice. Maybe it wouldn't feel like a betrayal. Besides, who was I betraying, anyway? Just myself.

After World War I the resentment of the working class against all that it had to suffer was directed more against Morgan, Wall Street and private capital than the government.

When I moved to the East Village in the late seventies, I wanted to be a street performer, so I practiced daily. I never did work up the skills or the courage to perform on the street, though.

I had this whole ritual with my mother making the bed with me inside it so I would be invisible.

New ideas are not only the enemies of old ones; they also appear often in an extremely unacceptable form.

Life is very fragile and you never know when it is over. Only one instance and then it might be too late to accept Gods offer for forgiveness.

I believe you have my umbrella" he says, almost out of breath but wearing a grin that has too much wolf in it to be properly sheepish.

I have not revoked this law, nor will I, for it is everlasting, and those who will enter into my glory must obey the conditions thereof; Even so Amen.

I have always loved children. I've been fantasizing about motherhood since I was probably 2 ½. I loved to babysit my cousins, and nieces, you know.

Tough guys don't dance. You had better believe it.

Simply put, the best teachers are the ones you work your tail off for because in the end you just don't want them to think any less of you. You want and need their approval.