“He [Quin] folded his arms over his chest, giving Bianca what Matheus had privately categorized as "Scary Look Number Seven." Scary Looks One through Six consisted of Quin's everyday expressions. Studied had shown Scary Look Number Eight to cause cancer in white mice. Matheus hadn't yet seen Scary Look Number Nine, but he looked forward to his future bout of schizophrenia.”
― Real Vampires Don't Sparkle
― Real Vampires Don't Sparkle
“Quin stopped halfway across the room, his head cocked to the side. He stared at Mattheus like an explorer who couldn't figure out if he'd discovered a fascinating new subculture or a bunch of locals playing What Can We Get the Foreigner (sic) Eat?”
― Real Vampires Don't Sparkle
― Real Vampires Don't Sparkle
“Quin took on the air of someone who has just realized it's time for the yearly visit to the spinster great-aunt in a desperate attempt to woo her inheritance away from her thirty-eight cats.”
― Real Vampires Don't Sparkle
― Real Vampires Don't Sparkle
“Matheus pondered which deity he'd annoyed in a previous life. Maybe if he figured out which sacrifices he'd skipped, he could make amends. Did they sell goats at the farmer's market? Matheus wrinkled his nose. He didn't want to leave the city, not to mention the issue of travelling with a goat. People frowned on sticking farm animals in the trunk. What if he got a rack of lamp and chanted over that? Sheep were kind of like goats.”
― Real Vampires Don't Sparkle
― Real Vampires Don't Sparkle
“Insanity is for everyone, Sunshine. All the world's peoples may enjoy its glorious bounty.”
― Real Vampires Don't Sparkle
― Real Vampires Don't Sparkle
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