“Why do people always assume that volume will succeed when logic wont? - Damon”

“Come on, its an American tradition. Apple soup? Moms homemade chicken pie?' She chuckled in spite of herself, then winced. 'Its apple pie and Moms homemade chicken soup. But you didnt do badly, for...”

“Yeah, tell me Im a bottle of single malt scotch, she thought. Thats the way to my heart.”

“And just then Damon stepped out of the coat closet, and at the same time Aunt Maggie tripped him neatly and said, Bathroom door beside you, and picked up a vase and hit the rising Damon over the he...”

“You didnt feed from her, he said, and this was not a question.Swill poison? Not my kind of fun, little brother.One corner of Stefans mouth quirked up. He made no response to this, but simply looked...”

“Bonnie who had never hurt a - a harmless thing for malice. Bonnie who was like a kitten making airy pounces at no prey at all. Bonnie with her hair that was called something strawberry but that loo...”

“I got to eavesdrop at a window. As Clay said, I did have another option. I could wait in the car and let them fill me in later. So, eavesdropping it was.”

“It doesn't matter if you can't say it right now. I'll say it for both of us. And someday you'll learn.”

“Bonnie, believe in me. I’ll save you.I remember how to fly.”

“And once you've been to this Center, this Truth, you'll know your way everywhere. You are never lost again.”

“The Queen's Pride was his ship, and he loved her. (That was the way his sentences always went: It is raining today and I love you. My cold is better and I love you. Say hello to Horse and I love yo...”

“What Joab did not and could not know was that it was ego, and the ego of a king is just like the ego of anyone else. It is a social infection, entering each person as a psychological virus that is ...”

“If we can become still and open-minded we might all feel that unseen hand on our shoulder, letting us know we are not alone.”

“If we an become still and open-minded, we might all feel the unseen comforting hand on our shoulder letting us know we are not alone.”

“It was the sort of bone deep emotion that made him want to hold her tighter with one hand, and draw a sword against the world with the other.”