“The night had darkened to the murky sort where the air hung like descending clouds and the overhead branches made the liquid darkness even more impenetrable.”

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

“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.”

“[The moon] ... is an example of practiced stability it wanes when it must, and reliably returns to full strength it is a humble model of reasonable potential that I can emulate, and follow.”

“I love to close my eyes a moment and think of the land outside, white under the mingled snow and moonlight--the heaps of stones by the roadside white--snow in the furrows. Mon Dieu! How quiet and h...”

“I made a wish on a sliver of moonlightA sly grin and a bowl full of stars”

“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.”

“One night after dinner a group of us were talking about the supernatural, and one of our dinner guests said that when the electric light was invented, people began to lose the dimension of the supe...”