"Smiling, I cut across the quadrangle toward the commons. I felt better about life than I had in a very long time. We could do this, Lissa and me. We could do this together."
"I get in that kind of situation all the time, Comrade. It's not a big deal."Anger replaced my fear. I didn't like being treated like a child. "Stop calling me that. You don't even know what you're talking about.""Sure I do. I had to do a report on the R.S.S.R. last year."
"If I let myself love you, I won't throw myself in front of her. I'll throw myself in front of you."
"But I couldn't help myself, couldn't help the way I felt as I recalled the bliss and rush of a vampire's bite."
"Do you think I'm pretty?I think you're beautifulBeautiful?You are so beautiful, it hurts sometimes."
"I had a standing agreement with god. I'd agree to believe in him, barely, so long as he let me sleep in on Sundays."