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For an hour or more he was neither human nor vampire, just a howling, hungry creature of dark delights.
Humans elect leaders on the basis of the promises they make. We [vampires] try to elect ours based solely on the strength of their character.
Power always impresses the young and foolish.
Lovely Arra Sails,_x000D_nectar to all males,_x000D_how I'd like to spear you like a whaler spears a whale!
A world without pain, loss, betrayal, hate, death, loneliness? Impossible!
We all make basic assumptions about things in life, but sometimes those assumptions are WRONG. We must never trust in what we assume, only in what we KNOW.
There are a lot of black-hearted, mean-spirited bastards in the world. It's important that we hold them to acount. But always remember that you might be the most black-hearted and mean-spirited in the lot, so hold yourself the most accountable of all.
The demons were scary, but girls - Well, girls are really terrifying
The thing about real life is, when you do something stupid, it normally costs you.
Childhood is the purest state. The pure of heart never leave it behind. Their life merely takes them on a cirtuitous route away from, and then back to it.
He says every story has at least some truth in it, even if most are made up.
It is good to be taught humility when we are young. If we do not exeperience pain as children, we will cause pain as adults.
The world won't end with a bang or a whimper. It'll end with the death screams of a thousand demons and a defiant, carefree, savage, wolfen howl.
But you're like me,” he says. “An outsider. Different. A freak. We're both weird, which is why we get along.
Destiny is a tower of cards - nudge one just an inch and everything stacked on top comes crashing down. P116
Look at me!" I roar. "Do you think you'll be the first I've killed today? I wasn't a murderer, but you changed me. I'm a monster now. And I'm hungry." "Meera!" Anotoine whines. "Prae! Please, I beg you. You're civilised people. Help me!" "We can't," Prae says coldly. "Even if we wanted to - and personally I have no problem with him gutting you - we couldn't. He's not ours to control. He's one of your specimens. You helped create him - now you have to deal with him
But I don't think Art's an Einstein - he likes tugging ears, biting people and burping too much to be a genius.
You can't hang around waiting for somebody else to pull your strings. Destiny's what you make of it. You have to face whatever life throws at you. And if it throws more than you'd like, more than you think you can handle? Well then you just have to find the heroism within yourself and play out the hand you've been dealt. The universe never sets a challenge that can't be met. You just need to believe in yourself in order to find the strength to face it.
But the universe isn't fair. Things don't work out neatly, pain, hardship and challenges divided equally among those best equipped to deal with them. Sometimes individuals have to be Atlases and carry the weight of the world alone. It shouldn't happen that way, but it does.
Students never appreciate their teachers while they are learning. It is only later, when they know more of the world, that they understand how indebted they are to those who instructed them. Good teachers expect no praise or love from the young. They wait for it, and in time, it comes.
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