"When Tana was six, vampires were Muppets, endlessly counting, or cartoon villains in black cloaks with red polyester lining."

Innocence, Childhood, Perception, Fear

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"When Tana was six, vampires were Muppets, endlessly counting, or cartoon villains in black cloaks with red polyester lining."

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"People are fragile. They die of mistakes, of overdoses, of sickness. But mostly they die of Death."

Life

"I'm sorry,' she said to each of the dead as she unzipped and unfastened their things, 'I'm sorry Courtney. I'm sorry Marcus. I'm sorry Rachel. I'm sorry Jon. I'm sorry I'm alive and you're dead. I'm sorry I was asleep. I'm sorry I didn't save you and now I'm taking your things. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry."

Emotion

"What an author doesn't know could fill a book."

Writing

"He must have been handsome when he was alive and was handsome still, although made monstrous by his pallor and her awareness of what he was. His mouth looked soft, his cheekbones as sharp as blades, and his jaw curved, giving him an off-kilter beauty. His black hair a mad forest of dirty curls."

Beauty

"Dead or not, I have come for his heart and I will have it."

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"Three of them, dressed in silvery gray, on three horses-one black, one white, and the third red."

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"Her screams spiraled up into the night air."

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