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A quote from Poe entered my mind: "The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends and where the other begins?"

"I will have my wife open a bottle of her homemade vișinată to warm the soul as the fire warms the body."

…but I am too good a poker player to even twitch a muscle at his attempt to gauge a reaction. I just stared back at him with cold, unflinching eyes.

"A deal is a deal, Mr. Tierney. I will tell you the story of the death of Vlad, Prince of Wallachia."

What was it Poe said? "I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched."

"The holiday started here in the British Isles. It was called Samhain then and marked the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter."

It was a popular waltz by a Mexican composer named Juventino Rosas. The piece was called "Sobre las Olas."

"That which you mistake for madness is but an over acuteness of the senses."

"In Romania, we have a saying: 'Without other people's companionship, even paradise would be an unlikable place.'