We must go to the laboratory at once. I have some cannabis.

Why fear death? It is the most beautiful adventure in life.

The road up and the road down are one and the same.” Heraclitus

Sleep now, baby. I’ll be here when you wake.

… Hoping like hell she was wrong about Dominic, and he was just a secretive man with a strange skin disorder.

Here’s to new blood.” -Jagger Maxwell

When Tana was six, vampires were Muppets, endlessly counting, or cartoon villains in black cloaks with red polyester lining.

Good evening and good night.

The vampires took everything from me, but I’m looking into the eyes of one who has the power to give me back a reason to live, who can heal my gaping hole of sorrow.

The Paco’s Loco Tacos sign on my right lures me in. Not for the first time, I wonder if the tacos are crazy, if Paco is crazy, or if we are crazy for buying them....

I don’t need a man to be happy.

We live a normal life.”The words left his lips without emotion or meaning, because at this point he knew there was no such thing as a normal life for him. Deep in his heart, he...

But, Elizabeth, what we have, what is between us, will never be over.

Sometimes it would be nice not to have to do my best. Sometimes it would just be nice not to have a crisis to deal with. – Anita Blake

For the first time in his centuries of life, doing the right thing didn’t seem like the right thing to do.

We have had this discussion before. You are my son. I love you. I will always love you. But I also love Nell, and if you give her the chance and stop rejecting her advances,...

I had no idea you could dance so well.” Larissa linked her arm through Aiden’s as they left the local pub.A few drunk men stumbled out behind them, singing offkey as they headed in the...

And the vampires. You used to know where you stood with them – smelly, evil, undead – but now there are virtuous vampires and disreputable vampires, and sexy vampires and glittery vampires, and none of...

Don’t tell them he’s upstairs , I commanded my brain. Tell them he moved to Pacoima to start a commune for vegetarian vampires. Tell them he’s looking into getting a sex-change operation and renaming himself...

Love and loyalty run deeper than blood

Hurrying back into the rouge lighting in sheer terror, Amelia ran without another word, escaping into the shadows of the dungeon, and she shrieked for salvation that never came.

Welcome to vampire-ville.” He chuckled.

Crap, are you thinking what I’m thinking?””I’m thinking we have about fifteen vampires and no blood,” Claire said. “Is that it?””No, I was thinking we’re out of chips. Of course that’s what I was thinking.

Oh, Claire,” he said. “You think me a far better man than I am. That’s kind, and flattering.” “Are you saying that you -“”Doughnuts!” Myrnin interrupted her and darted away, to zip back in seconds...

A father’s only dream is to hear his daughter ask to kill some zombies. Go for it, sweetie. Make this old man proud.

Tara. I’m a vampire,” Pearl said.”Yeah, whatever, and I’m queen of the sea.””Your Marine Majesty, I’m a vampire,” Pearl said.Concentrating, she slid her fangs out. “Tara. Tara!” She curled back her lips to expose the...

Good evening, gentlemen!’ said the vampire. ‘Please pay attention. I am a reformed vampire, which is to say, I am a bundle of repressed instincts held together with spit and coffee. It would be wrong...

And I honestly believe that I could never love another woman for the rest of my life. For the first time in the past five hundred years, I am sincerely thankful for my immortality, because...

Vampires were myths, childhood stories– as were werewolves, mermaids and dragons. I believed none of it.

Isabelle!” he called again. “Let down your raven hair!'”Oh my God,” Clary muttered. “There was something in that blood Raphael gave you, wasn’t there? I’m going to kill him.

Sorcha took the elevator down to the basement of the fashion house. She glanced at her stunningly beautiful reflection in the mirror and smiled to herself. How fortunate she was to be a vampire –...

Vampires love to gossip. They live for drama…

…turning your ankle hurts like hell, even if you’re a superhero.

Getting up from the bed, Dominick approaches me at a slow predatory pace. Once again, I cannot move my feet.

You’re teasing me!” — Bats

I put the carpetbag on a ledge, and then, hanging upside down by my razor-clawed feet, slept until sunset. A first for me, and actually quite comfortable.Lord help me.

Okay, okay, okay … go to your corners, boys. This is a nice Aubusson carpet you’re standing on. You get blood on it and I’ll have Fritz so far up my ass I’ll be coughing...

I will come,’ the priest answered, ‘for I have read in old books of these strange beings which are neither quick nor dead, and which lie ever fresh in their graves, stealing out in the...

I thought she wanted out. We should’ve brought cuffs and a gag.” Clare frowned. “What’s wrong with you, Blake? This is a rescue mission, not a kidnapping.

If there is in this world a well-attested account, it is that of vampires. Nothing is lacking: official reports, affidavits of well-known people, of surgeons, of priests, of magistrates; the judicial proof is most complete....

When it comes down to it, if they knew the truth, no one would want to live on this earth forever.

He’d watched the world change around him, civilizations rise and fall, and although he could have anything, anyone, he wanted her.

Don’t you see? The catastrophe is me. My very existence is an affront to everything that is natural and good.

No one will say it to my face, but it’s so obvious they think I actually murdered Gavin. As if I would actually want to hurt the guy I was in love with. Still, I...

You may stay. But Jessica, please watch what you say and do. Don’t look them in the eyes for long. Speak only when spoken to. Yes, sir; yes, ma’am.””Sit up. Arf,” I teased.”What about her?”...

Ruby’s eyes shot open when she woke, for she felt a constraint around her wrists and ankles. Feeling with her fingers, she touched cold metal. Her small movement gave the chains a slight jingle. A...

Monsters can live inside a person. Sometimes they know about it. More often they don’t.

If I catch you, I might do anything. I might strip the skin from your bones as I drain you dry. Or I might drag you into my chambers and have you pleasure me in...

The Earth created magic to protect the magic that is the Earth.

Vampire politics make the very complicated dance of manners that is werewolf protocol look like the Hokey Pokey.