You see,' [Armand] said, 'killing other vampires is very exciting; that is why it is forbidden under penalty of death.

“Goddamn it, do it yourself. You’re five hundred years old and you can’t use a t…”

“I kept glancing at him and away from him, as if his green eyes were hurting me.…”

“And what if I never go of my own free will? Will you pitch me from some windows…”

“As the Roman Empire came to its close, all the old gods of the pagan world were…”