“The worst pain in the world goes beyond the physical. Even further beyond any other emotional pain one can feel. It is the betrayal of a friend.”
“Vlad made a mental note to amend the friend code: thou shalt not date the girl that thy best friend has a crush on...nor shalt thou try sticking thy best friend in the chest with a sharp hunk of wood.”
“If citizens followed their leaders' example throughout history, the human race would have died out centuries ago.”
“Sometimes you have to be alone to think, and sometimes the best place for thinking isn't home.”
“If stakes and garlic were the top two things that could kill a vampire, ninth grade gym was a close third.”
“Don't you find any irony in a vampire sucking up?”
“It was tough attempting to be social with people who'd rather pretend you didn't exist.”
“Otis D'ablo is alive! Do you here me? He is alive and trying to kill me!”
“Do you believe i am the Pravus?”
“People says it gets easier. People are stupid."
-Vlad”
“It's funny how getting stabbed through the heart by a friend can bring your whole school year down.”
“Some grown-ups could be so inherently stupid. Try banning homework sometime. You might see those straight A's so many parents long for.”
“So with nothing to do but algebra, Vlad settled down in front of the television with controller in hand.”
“If I ever find you lurking about in my thoughts again, Vlad, I will be most displeased. You stay out of my mind, and I'll sty out of yours. Agreed?”
“On the fences the shiny blackbirds with red epaulets clicked their dry call. The meadowlarks sang like water, and the wild doves, concealed among the bursting leaves of the oaks, made a sound of restrained grieving.”
“I had eventually come to understand that friendship was a delicate, gradual process that mustn’t be rushed or seized upon but allowed and encouraged to take its course over time. I pictured it as a butterfly, simultaneously beautiful and fragile, that once afloat belonged to the air and any attempt to grab at it would only destroy it.”
“All my life people have called me gifted. Extraordinary. Blessed. I had all these dreams to become something. Someone. No one ever said I couldn’t. No one ever said Killer.”
“The Saudis think that God is on their side, and people who think God is on their side are capable of the most inhumane acts.”
“Being dead was one thing, getting ready for a wedding another.”
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