"Maybe they did what they had to do to live, and tried to get a little love and have a little fun before the darkness took them."
- Poppy Z. Brite
"But if I die without trying again, I'm a coward. I don't mind having regrets about stuff I've done. It's the regrets about stuff I haven't done that bother me."
"Ah, relationships. If he was lucky, Luke thought, he would never have another one."
"And what was I if not death's ghostwriter?"
"Some nights are made for torture, or reflection, or the savoring of loneliness."
"When you have too much faith in something, it's bound to hurt you. Too much faith in anything will suck you dry. In this way, all the world is a vampire."
"Stare at him," said Ghost. "They won't bite you if you keep staring at them."Steve backed away. "They bite?"Not really. They hiss at you, mostly. The only time geese are ever dangerous is when you hap..."
"They were kissing again, carefully at first, learning the shape and texture of each other's lips, testing the sharpness of the teeth behind them.It's too fast, said a panicky voice in his mind. And to..."
"Trevor cupped his hands around it, felt Zach's heartbeat throbbing between his palms. The skin of the shaft was textured, slightly rippled beneath the surface. The head was as smooth as satin, as rose..."
"The night is the hardest time to be alive and 4am knows all my secrets."