“Gregory Rasputin, his bloodstream filled with poison, his body punctured by bullets, had died by drowning.”

“She had found Rasputin to be an odd, intense man. He had been undeniably human and very likely insane, but anyone who could survive reputedly being stabbed, poisoned, shot multiple times, mutilated, and badly beaten before finally drowning, deserved a certain amount of respect.”

“She said I'd poison his mind and make him a fascist.I said she'd poison his body and make him an addict.”

“Disturbing crunch asSkin is punctured for accessSweet, warm, filling blood”

“When making his music, he [Elvis Presley] had been the essence of cool, but in his movies he was often a self-parody embarrassing to watch. Colonel Parker, his manager, who had picked movie scrips for him, had served Elvis less well than the monk Rasputin had served Czar Nicholas and Alexandra.”

“Judge a man not by his clothes, but by his wife's clothes."-John Gregory”