“You can't force love, I realized. It's there or it isn't. If it's not there, you've got to be able to admit it. If it is there, you've got to do whatever it takes to protect the ones you lov...”

“Only a true best friend can protect you from your immortal enemies.”

“Do you think I'm pretty? I think you're beautiful Beautiful? You are so beautiful, it hurts sometimes.”

“I’d said it before and meant it: Alive or undead, the love of my life was a badass.”

“Let go of me!”

“Other people spoke, and I tried to keep up with the translations. All the stories were about Dimitri's kindness and strength of character. Even when not out battling the undead, Dimitri had...”

“Okay, God, I thought. Get me out of this and I’ll stop my half-assed church-going ways. You got me past a pack of Strigoi tonight. I mean, trapping that one between the doors really shouldn'...”

“Yet, it had been Dimitri’s gentleness and thoughtfulness mixed with that deadliness that made him so wonderful. The same hands that wielded stakes with such precision would carefully brush t...”