“Now and again I feel the astonishment of being alive like this, in this body.”

“Gradually the feeling wears off, and I feel swamped again by the inexplicable pettiness of being alive.”

“You're alive, Bianca. You still can't appreciate what it means, to be alive. It's better than being a vampire - better than anything else in the world. I remember a little of waht being alive was like, and if I could touch that again, even for a day, it would be worth anything in the world. Even dying again, forever. All the centuries I've known and all the marvels I've seen don't compare to being alive."~from Evernight, by”

“Again,' he said and, without waiting for an answer, ran into the growing dark without fear, every single part of his body overwhelmed with the task of being alive.”

“My world stopped when we were apart. I felt like I had nothing to live for. Now you are back… Now you are back and I’m alive again.”

“Am I high now? Is this what being high feels like?''like a blow to the skull”