“It doesn't matter. You are what you are. I am what I am. We are the same-when you take the time to remember me.”

“Why am I talking about all this? Who am I talking to? I send out these words, these thoughts, simply because it is time. Time for what, I do not know and it does not matter because it is what I want and that is always reason enough for me.”

“If you honestly feel you have done something so terrible that you cannot be forgiven, then I am willing to share your sins with you. When we die, if we should have to stand before God and be judged, then I will tell him I am as much to blame as you and that half your punishment should be portioned out to me.”

“I am a vampire," I say softly. "And you have pissed me off.”

“As to blood—ah, blood, the whole subject fascinates me. I do like that as well, warm and dripping, when I am thirsty. And I am often thirsty.”

“Love me...I am not evil.”

“There's only one sun," Alison said with feeling. "It's always the same, but it's always the best. Do you know what I mean?”