"Why is it that almost every human culture yet discovered has found it necessary to believe in an afterlife of some sort, but not a 'before-life?' Why are there so many versions of Heaven, Paradise and The Great Beyond, but almost none about The Great Before."

“Once a vampire drinks another vampires blood they are connected to them forever”

“Get thee behind me Satan, and push me along. I'm kin to the devil.”

“To pursue success effectively, you must build supportive relationships that will help you work toward your goals. To build those relationships, you need to trust others; and to earn their trust, you in turn must learn to be trustworthy....”

Source : Stedman Graham (1998). “You Can Make It Happen: A Nine-Step Plan for Success”, p.36, Simon and Schuster

“When I first started talking about gay marriage, most people in the gay community looked at me as if I was insane or possibly a fascist reactionary.”

“I've always thought fairies are like mushrooms, you trip over them when you're not thinking about them, but they're hard to spot when you're searching for them.”

Source : Jo Walton (2011). “Among Others”, p.37, Macmillan

“I'm using my own person in pieces, but I'm trying to turn my person into a nonperson in the sense of a person without will, without volition. I'm subjecting myself to a scheme.”

Source : Interview with Shelley Jackson, believermag.com. January 1, 2007.

“I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees.”

“Knowledge is power. Power to do evil...or power to do good. Power itself is not evil. So knowledge itself is not evil.”