“She grabbed his hair and pulled his mouth tighter against her lips. She wanted to possess and devour him.”

“She was a predator - a creature of the night who rejoiced in the thrill of the hunt.”

“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 - n...”

“No gods or demons would stop him in his quest of being reunited with her.”

“But he also knew this centurion, this man of honour, would change herby giving her loveand love was the most powerful force in the universe.”

“I want you to kiss me, Longinus. Kiss me like this night will never end. If I am going to die, then this is my last request. Will you grant it?”

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”

“Every man who has reached even his intellectual teens begins to suspect that life is no farce that it is not genteel comedy even that it flowers and fructifies on the contrary out of the profoundes...”

“Let us love. Let our lives be a perpetual song of love for God, first of all, and for all human beings who suffer, love, and mourn. Let deep joy live in us. Let us be like the lark, enemy of the ni...”

“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they ...”

“Does anything in nature despair except man? An animal with a foot caught in a trap does not seem to despair. It is too busy trying to survive. It is all closed in, to a kind of still, intense waiti...”

“It is a curious thing, but as one travels the world getting older and older, it appears that happiness is easier to get used to than despair. The second time you have a root beer float, for instanc...”

“But people had forgotten there was a day in the not too distant past when theyd not seen or heard of bombings, and suicide vests, and snipers. Alicia, though, had not forgotten.”

“Every morningI wake up with the newsof bloodshed.I feel my body,desperate to know whetherIm still alive.”

“But people had forgotten there was a day in the not too distant past when they’d not seen or heard of bombings, and suicide vests, and snipers. Alicia, though, had not forgotten.”