Charles was most comfortable by himself or, if that wasn’t possible, with his pack in the wild. Talking for hours in a crowded auditorium was not on any list of things he enjoyed – or things he was good at. At least no one had died. Yet.
Leslie had learned two valuable things about the fae that day. They were powerful and charming – and they ate children and puppies.
Usually the people I do know are sufficient to spawn any number of nightmares without inventing any.
It is not wise to give something old and powerful something they care about. And I am very old.
She crawled on top of him, naked and warm and soft, smelling like a miracle that had saved him from a lifetime of aloneness.
Mercy: “Can’t sleep with a dead man in my closet.” Ben: “You killed someone?” Ben asked with interest.
Some people will tell you werewolves can only shapechange under a full moon, but people also say there’s no such things as ghosts.
Just as I’ve always known there are monsters in the world, monsters and things even more evil, I’ve always known that it is God who keeps evil at bay.
Americans in particular are oddly innocent in their faith that science holds explanations for everything.
Don’t lick the guests, darling. Bad manners.
Adam didn’t approve of Wal-Mart.
He loved her beyond all reason and didn’t expect her to love him back. He was just waiting for her to wise up.
A man who will risk nothing for love is not a man.
Zealots are like one track-pony. Don’t get in their way without expecting to get hurt.
Much awkwardness ensued.
Charles preferred his deer to taste like meat and his pancakes to look like pancakes. Brother Wolf thought he was too picky. Brother Wolf was probably right.
Never accept the blame for what evil people do. We are all responsible for our own actions.
Asil left Bran alone with his thoughts then, because if he stayed, Bran would argue with him. This way, Bran would have no one to argue with but himself. And Asil had always credited Bran with the ability to be persuasive.
He had lived a very long time, and only since he gained Anna had he learned to fear. He’d discovered that he had never been brave before – just indifferent. She had taught him that to be brave, you have to fear losing something.
People as old and powerful as he should never be given someone to love. For Anna he would destroy the world.
Such a small thing to cause so much trouble.