“ A mundane lie hiding an exotic truth is deception; an exotic lie hiding a mundane truth is storytelling. Deception may be necessary to preserve life, but storytelling makes life worth living. Christopher Buehlman
“ One of the hardest and truest things a grown-up learns is that sometimes it's not okay. Christopher Buehlman
“ He gets away with it because he's strong.''This is the story of mankind.''I thought you were going to be a priest at one point.''Yes. But then I read the newspaper. Christopher Buehlman
“ You’d probably rather have a milk shake than a quart of blood, too, so we’ll have to agree to disagree. Christopher Buehlman
“ I mostly drink clear booze because the rest of it looks it's already been through a gentleman. Christopher Buehlman
“ You see why I’m such a good vampire? We’re all lying, devious bastards, not like werewolves, if there are werewolves, whose MO is, “Hi, I’m a werewolf, surprise! And fuck you!” No, we lurk. We’re lurk… Christopher Buehlman
“ She had seen him once, smiling a little through another friar’s sermon about Hell, saying after the other left that fear of Hell is one of many paths to it. Forget Hell and love one another. That is a… Christopher Buehlman
“ Oh, would you look at this, now,” she said, pointing at a hole in her sage-green velvet couch. Never mind the brain and hair on it, she could clean those off with a stiff brush. And never mind the poi… Christopher Buehlman
“ The landscape had been so maimed by this new kind of warfare it was as if human architects of great genius had sat down to plan hell, since no two of them could agree on the design of heaven. Christopher Buehlman
“ I assume you are the sort of person who would go backstage after the opera in hopes of hearing the prima donna crying on the telephone, or walking in on the baritone fellating the basso buffo. I respe… Christopher Buehlman
“ Envy and respect are not the same things...Before I endow you with respect, I should find out whether your curiosity is intellectual or merely morbid. Not that those who gawk at train derailments are… Christopher Buehlman
“ But when I make a good [taxidermy] mount I feel like I beat God in a small way. As though the Almighty said, Let such critter be dead, and I said, 'Fuck You, he can still play the banjo. Christopher Buehlman
