Phil was mumbling that Reuben might become a writer after all and writers had a way of "redeeming everything that ever happens to them.

“You think I'm defeated. You think you've passed your judgement and that's the e…”

“You see,' [Armand] said, 'killing other vampires is very exciting; that is why …”

“I can’t help being a gorgeous fiend. It’s just the card I drew.”

“She was gone then in a flurry of bonnet ribbons and clicking slippers. I turned…”