Quotes by Mari Mancusi

“Holy fu-" he starts then catches himself."Yes,this tithe will be most pleasing to her Goodness." Me and Magnus exchange amused glances.”

“For the record, I would have made a very lousy romance heroine.”

“Curiouser and curiouser, as Alice in Wonderland would say”

“Once a generation there is a girl born who is destined to slay the vampires.”

“So not only do I have to go out and fight evil villains, I have to take up woodworking, too?”

“I never said becoming the slayer would be a field trip to a Justin Bieber concert.”

“Once bitten, totally smitten.”

“Its just a party, right? What could possibly go wrong?”

“But you have to take control of your destiny. And sometimes that's not easy.”

“And then he kisses me. Yes, the beautiful vampire, the dark general, the one who never gets close to anyone, leans in and presses his lips against mine. This kiss is soft. Gentle. Light. Like a but...”

“Did you need something? he asked in a tight voice. I swallowed hard, my mind racing with a million things to say. The fear pricking at me, telling me I had one last chance to wimp out. To walk away...”

“Real men dont kiss with the gentleness of a butterflys wing.”

“I can barely breathe. I feel like Im going to explode. Jake Wilder is kissing me. French-kissing me. Is he even supposed to be French-kissing me for the play? I thought Oh, who cares if hes suppose...”

“They should install elevators in this place. What if they turned a handicapped person into a vampire? Talk about your discrimination lawsuit waiting to happen.”

“O-kay. Kind of freaky. Im now standing in an actual tomb, in pitch darkness, with only a vampire to keep me company. Last week if youd sworn on a stack of Bibles that Id be okay with all of this, I...”

“You know, being bitten by a vampire one week before prom really sucks. No pun intended.”

“Now Sunny, dont get mad, but Rayne begins, her voice trembling. I shoot her an angry glare. But WHAT, Rayne? I, uh, think youve accidentally been turned into a vampire.”

“Eternity is a long time and it doesn't always work out that way," Jareth says, a bit bitterly. "It's worse to love someone and then lose them, then to never love at all.”

“All the better to bite you, my dear!”

“I was dying, I realized vaguely. There was no getting out of that. The vampire author would be drained dry by a vampire. It was almost a poetic way to go.”