“What's next? If there are vampires in there, they probably drink artificial blood plasma substitute.”

“Get to the Point: Vampire Contributions in Western Architecture. Fangs and Balances: Vampire Politicians in History. To Drink or Not to Drink: A Vampire Dialectic. Blood Sausage, Blood Stew, Blood Orange: Food for All Seasons. And the awfully named Plasmatlas, which contained maps of important vampire locales.”

“It was almost better to be caught by the hungry, soulless vampires; the most they would probably do was drink your blood and leave you to die. Humans were capable of far, far worse.”

“First, Edwin was a vampire.Second, he loved me--or at least thought my blood smelled delicious, which, for a vampire, was probably the next best thing.And third, I would get him to turn me into a vampire too, no matter how much scheming, manipulation, or treachery it required.”

“And what about us? Do you want a vampire boyfriend?" He laughed bitterly. "Because I forsee many romantic picnics in our future. You, drinking a virgin piña colada. Me, drinking the blood of a virgin.”

“Really now, search your soul, lovie-is the vampire so bad?All he does is drink blood.”