“Every bride is beautiful. It’s like newborn babies or puppies. They can’t help it.”

“At the end of the day your ability to connect with your readers comes down to how you make them feel.”

“It is a well-documented fact that guys will not ask for directions. This is a biological thing. This is why it takes several million sperm cells… to locate a female egg, despite the fact that the egg is, relative to them, the size of Wisconsin.”

“Relax, having kids is years away. But can you imagine? Your brains, my charm, our collective good looks… then add in the usual physical abilities dhampirs get. It’s really not even fair to everyone else.”

“A first child is your own best foot forward, and how you do cheer those little feet as they strike out. You examine every turn of flesh for precocity, and crow it to the world. But the last one: the baby who trails her scent like a flag of surrender through your life when there will be no more coming after–oh, that’ s love by a different name.”

“The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants.”

“Love can change a person the way a parent can change a baby- awkwardly, and often with a great deal of mess.”