I Want A Simple, Ordinary Life .

You Persist In This Romantic Vision Of What It Is To Be A Vampire, But Despite My Best Efforts To Curb It I Have A Taste For Blood.

I'd Studied 16th Century Science And Magic. I Thought It Was Strange That People Were Interested In The Same Kinds Of Things My Research Was About. The More I Thought About It, The More Intriguing It Became And Pretty Soon I Was Writing A Novel About A Reluctant Witch And A 1500-year-old Vampire.

The King Just Sits There, Moving One Square At A Time. The Queen Can Move So Freely. I Suppose I’d Rather Lose The Game Than Forfeit Her Freedom.

You Do Angry. I Just Saw It. And You Left At Least One Hole In My Carpet To Prove It.

It Begins With Absence And Desire. It Begins With Blood And Fear. It Begins With A Discovery Of Witches.