“I had been taught to look for monsters and devils and I found ordinary people.”
“I had never believed either in God, or in the Devil, or in a King, or in the Pope (as for the Revolution, so far I had no knowledge of it), but I had always been taught to recognize Grace and Beauty, and they alone, in my opinion, justified the curtseys, the fervor in our souls, the fullness of our hearts. — Max-Ulrich”
“I remember looking behind me during that song and I could see a tide of eighty thousand people bouncing up and down in unison. The crowd had transmogrified into one heaving monster and the fact that I was a part of that really struck a chord within me. I couldn't remember the last time I had been a part of something.”
“So, been attacked by any vampires yet?""Not one.""Zombies? Giant spiders? Water monsters?"It's been really quiet on the supernatural front""Too bad, 'cause I got attacked by a devil dog. It was not awesome.”
“I had been experiencing brief flashes of disassociation, or shallow states of non-ordinary reality.”
“I think all of us ordinary mortals tend to mythologize people as good-looking as you.”