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Some instinct older than civilization was telling her to run, to flee. She didn't move.

Very touching," said a voice from the stairway. "Do you want me to imitate a violin?" - Damon

Sheriff Mossberg was one of those people who never stop speaking until they are finished, so by this time he was saying: "Do you understand these rights?" "No, sir! Mi ne komprenas Dumbtalk!

It did cross our minds at one point.Actually it seemed to keep crossing them.Maybe we should put in a crosswalk. Ash

Don't worry about it, Mikey," Dee said comfortingly. "You'll probably be next, so you won't be here when our Great Deception comes crashing down.

If you can find one good thing to say about her I'll turn vegetarian!

When people see good, they expect good. I don't want to have to live up to anyone's expectations.

Okay," Caroline said. She didn't sound as frightened as everybody else. That was the advantage to having no imagination, Bonnie thought. You couldn't picture the terrible things that were going to happen to you.

Insulting a bunch of dead witches not smart...

Would one vampire stake another? This was not a question I wanted answered the hard way.

I was impressed by her boldness—back in Mystic Falls, only women of ill repute would ever enter a barroom. But as I was fast realizing, New Orleans wasn't Mystic Falls.

And I agree," said Damon, extending his own hand with exaggerated courtesy. He captured Elena's before she could say anything. "In fact, we all seem to be in a frenzy of pure agreement.

Knowledge may be power, but it is not resilience, or resourcefulness, or adaptability to life, still less is it instinctive sympathy with human nature;

He must be a dull Fellow indeed, whom neither Love, Malice, nor Necessity, can inspire with Wit.

The most accomplished literary work would be reduced to nothing by carping criticism, if the author would listen to all critics and allow every one to erase the passage which pleases him the least.

It is better to expose ourselves to ingratitude than to neglect our duty to the distressed.

If it be usual to be strongly impressed by things that are scarce, why are we so little impressed by virtue?

There is nothing men are so anxious to keep, and yet are so careless about, as life.

Some people pretend they never were in love and never wrote poetry; two weaknesses which they dare not own -- one of the heart, the other of the mind.

The gratitude of most men is only a secret desire to receive more favours.

The rust of business is sometimes polished off in a camp; but never in a court.

To a world situation that appears entirely novel to you, there ought to correspond an entirely new conception of socialism.

I believe that one of the great problems for us as individuals is the depression and the tension resulting from existence in a world which is increasingly less pleasing to the eye.

Well, that's your opinion, isn't it? And I'm not about to waste my time trying to change it.