“I am sufficiently proud of my knowing something to be modest about my not knowing all.”

“I don’t know ifyou know this about me, but I am a soldier.”Or the leader of God’s army, but okay, let’s be modest.”

“And yet I love him. I love him so much and so dearly, that when I sometimes think my life may be but a weary one, I am proud of it and glad of it. I am proud and glad to suffer something for him, even though it is of no service to him, and he will never know of it or care for it.”

“I am more modest now, but I still think that one of the pleasantest of all emotions is to know that I, I with my brain and my hands, have nourished my beloved few, that I have concocted a stew or a story, a rarity or a plain dish, to sustain them truly against the hungers of the world.”

“I have an income nearly sufficient for my wants (no one's income is ever quite sufficient, you know).”

“Ethan sighed, then put a hand on my cheek. “I don’t tell you this enough, but I am incredibly proud of the vampire you’ve become. I want you to know that.”