“Life hurts.  As long as it doesn’t kill us, we weather it.”

“He reached for my hand, looking sad. “Don’t get hurt, Buttercup.” I shrugged. “Life hurts. As long as it doesn’t kill us, we weather it.”

“You will be free from pain for a very long time. But not forever, that’s a myth. We don’t live forever, we just have expanded life spans. The average human lives what, 80, 90 years? We live to around two hundred and fifty years. And we don’t turn humans by feeding from you, and I never kill those I feed from. Sunlight doesn’t kill us but it does give us a helluva sunburn. Crosses are still just crosses and garlic, while pungent, won’t hurt us either. Holy water is just water and silver is just a metal. Does that answer all your questions?”

“So long as we learn it doesn’t matter who teaches us, does it?”

“God doesn’t need to punish us. He just grants us a long enough life to punish ourselves.”

“We have a finite amount of time. Whether short or long, it doesn’t matter. Life is to be lived”