Quotes from Heather Brewer

If stakes and garlic were the top two things that could kill a vampire, ninth grade gym was a close third.

Dude, you're a vampire. EVERY day sucks for you.

Lesson #456 of high school life: Never, EVER trust an alarm clock.

Morning, sunshine." Vlad blinked at her. "Morning, sulfuric acid." "Pardon me?" "Well, isn't it just kinda wrong to call a vampire 'sunshine'?

I drive well! Says who your mom? No actually, she won't even get in the car with me.

I'm too tired to reign over vampirekind, let alone enslave the human race.

Nothing could convince Aunt Nelly to let Vlad stay home for the duration of the school year, which just goes to prove that parents and guardians don't care if they're sending you to face bloodthirsty monsters, so long as you get a B in English.

Don't you find any irony in a vampire sucking up?

Funny how mishearing things-or not hearing them at all-can really screw things up

A label doesn't make something so. A label is just a word. It's what a person does that makes them who they are

but if I've learned one thing, it's this: forgiveness is crucial. If you can't forgive someone you're mad at, that anger will poison you. You have to learn to let it go"... "people have reasons for doing the things that they do, especially when they care about you. You may not always understand what they are, but if you can try to understand the person then you might see that they really care, despite what happened." pg 100 Meredith to Vlad

Vlad had found himself longing to encounter those of his own kind, to travel to the streets of Elysia-that far away world, but after a while it seemed more of a fairy tale than anything else. Like Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy, only with fangs.

It was tough attempting to be social with people who'd rather pretend you didn't exist.

To his amazement, he could already hear Henry snoring in the backseat. That guy could fall asleep on a car trip to the mailbox.

Mmmmm. Warm chocolate chip cookies. Not even AB negative can compare.

Vlad's heart sank into his stomach, then squeezed its way down his leg and popped out of the hole in his shoe, where it struck the floor and broke.

Getting staked had been a hard lesson in choosing one's friends wisely.

Otis D'ablo is alive! Do you here me? He is alive and trying to kill me!

Your angry and jealous and in the mood to do some forceful dentistry

What are we going to blow up?" Morgan sighed happily and slapped joss on the back. " Kid... you just said my seven favorite words.

Vlad decided that teachers' ideas were a lot like bunches of garlic-intriguing from afar, but up close sadly sickening and, if you weren't careful, DEADLY.

According to his dad's journal, vampires had been through some of the worst epidemics in history. And apparently, during the days of the Black Plague, their biggest complaint had been rotten "food".

Bullying is a horrible thing. It sticks with you forever. It poisons you. But only if you let it.

Someday, my young friend, you'll find out that girls are actually people too. Just like you and me.