"Now we are truly ready to begin. Let's turn the page, shall we?" Introduction, pg. 6

"I wanted to be human, and feel human, and his blood was threaded all through me, and it wasn't enough. Not nearly enough." Part 1, The Tale of the Body Thief: Chapter 1, pg. 21

"The Gobi Desert is therefore an immense graveyard and a fitting place for me to look the sun in the face." Part 1, The Tale of the Body Thief: Chapter 3, pg. 46

"Our coven had endured for over fifty years in that lovely upstairs apartment. And surely this factor ought to be considered when I'm being condemned, either by myself or by someone else, for my errors. Louis and Claudia had both been made by me, and for me, I admit that. Nevertheless, ours had been a curiously incandescent and satisfying existence before Claudia decided I should pay for my creations with my...