Lily

“When a caterpillar changes into a butterfly it loses it's caterpillar life.”
― L.J. Smith, Night World, No. 1

“I used my brains to outsmart teachers—and that wasn't very smart at all.”
― L.J. Smith, Night World, No. 1

“Dismissed like a dog. Damon groped for his jacket behind him, found it, and wished that his groping for his sense of humor could be as successful. The faces around him were all the same. They could have been carved in stone.
But not stone as hard as that that was coming together again around his soul. That rock was remarkably quick to mend—and an extra layer was added, like the layering of a pearl, but not covering anything nearly so pretty.”
― L.J. Smith (The Vampire Diaries: The Return Volume 1: Nightfall)

“The thing is- and I know this is going to sound strange-that I seem to love you sort of desperately”
― L.J. Smith, Daughters of Darkness