“Despite the gentlemanly kiss, a ferocity burned behind his gaze promising something primal.”

“Overhead the sliver of a moon barely illuminated anything and shadows slunk on every corner.”

“Ignore the reek of feces in the air, the bloodstains on the ground, and you have yourself a glorious night.”

“Sorry, one night stands don't stack up as credentials for tending bar.”

“Whatever crimes this man had committed, they weren't as egregious as his inflated self-image.”

“The rest of them looked proper when they did it, but somehow Edward made even this gesture appear like in seconds he'd rip off her corset and do away with her skirt.”

“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...”

“Saturday night is perfect for writers because other people have "plans.”

“Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.”

“I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.”