“ The vampire community has enough problems. We don't need to add petty backbiting to it. Thomm Quackenbush
“ Vampires did not avoid mirrors because they cast no reflection but because mirrors became so unflattering with the illusion of fuzzy focus wrenched away. Thomm Quackenbush
“ No one should ever die alone. Rejoin the love of the goddess who made you. No longer a man, no longer a human, you must go as only your essence back to She who made you, into the womb of the Great Mot… Thomm Quackenbush
“ Do you know what Hell is? ...No fire, no brimstone. Man in his infinite folly invented that to rob from his brothers their will. Hell is existing without Our Father. None of His love touches me. Thomm Quackenbush
“ Modesty was hardly a priority in her mind until now. Now she had been cast from Hell and again knew shame. Thomm Quackenbush
“ She had experimented with Wicca eight years ago, found that her spells did not produce the desired results of making her every bully bald and fat, and threw it in the corner of her soul as effete and… Thomm Quackenbush
“ He fell in with the quiet revolutionaries on campus—those who felt that the disenfranchisement of half the population was ridiculous, those who did not accept that rights were predicated on skin tone—… Thomm Quackenbush
“ He kissed her forehead and drifted into an uneasy sleep, listening to the soft snoring of the creature on his chest, one he loved slightly more than he had come to fear. Thomm Quackenbush
“ Naps are not a sign of physical slovenliness. They are a sign that I am listening to my body. It will reward me with stable emotions, hormones that stay in check, social finesse, continued cleverness,… Thomm Quackenbush
“ Like chocolate, she craved sleep and it made her life brighter, but she could do without. Thomm Quackenbush
“ I look at my students and have no trouble picturing just how successful they should be, if only we could remove them from the impetuses that brought them to the facility. If we could move them away fr… Thomm Quackenbush
“ Students view any teacher who does not bury them under work as some sort of mentally impaired kitten to be kicked aside. Thomm Quackenbush
“ If you think it is spiritual to burn food in front of starving people in hopes that your gods will bring this back to you in triplicate, you are missing the point and sowing animosity from all sides. Thomm Quackenbush
“ The art of chess is in knowing which is the most valuable piece in play, then having the courage to sacrifice it for the win. Thomm Quackenbush
“ As he had kissed her neck, she could not repress the feeling she was a lamb making time with a wolf. Thomm Quackenbush
“ He relented to the kiss and gave of himself what she required, his lips parting in symmetry with hers until the moment of realization collapsed. Thomm Quackenbush
“ Like any man, he had no real protection from an unsolicited kiss from a pretty woman, even one he had just murdered. Thomm Quackenbush
“ I miss more loving someone so deeply that I can't imagine a forever without her kisses. Thomm Quackenbush
“ Kissing a stranger because that is what is done presages an unhappy year not for any supernatural reason, but because you are unsatisfied enough with your lot in life to put your lips on the line for… Thomm Quackenbush