“I was planning on starting a new file on my computer with the title "Phrases That Sound One Way to Witches but Mean Something Else to Vampires.”

“English vampires may not be as well behaved around witches as the American ones are.”

“You persist in this romantic vision of what it is to be a vampire, but despite my best efforts to curb it I have a taste for blood.”

“My experiences thus far had me planning to throttle the first Tudor historian I met upon my return for gross dereliction of duty.”

“Sir. My lord. Master Roydon." The young man blurted out most available titles except for "Your Majesty" and "Prince of Darkness." These were implied nonetheless.”

“My ideas about vampires may be romantic, but your attitudes toward women need a major overhaul.”

“It begins with absence and desire.It begins with blood and fear.It begins with a discovery of witches.”