Beth Fantaskey

“My greatest friend is truth.”

— Beth Fantaskey

“Nice. Now that's an overrated quality”

— Beth Fantaskey

“Happiness makes people beautiful”

— Beth Fantaskey

“Enduring pain is like causing pain.”

— Beth Fantaskey

“I blame the lentils.”

— Beth Fantaskey

“Everybody should have a librarian.”

— Beth Fantaskey

“Is she not beautiful? Is she not powerful? Is she not regal? Is she not YOU?”

— Beth Fantaskey

“…If anything else, all I ever did was love you….”

— Beth Fantaskey

“But some things are just too dangerous to live, I suppose.”

— Beth Fantaskey

“I don't know how to dress girls, I know how to dress women”

— Beth Fantaskey

“You are a vampire princess. Your destiny is not entirely your own.”

— Beth Fantaskey

“This is eternity, Antanasia," he said, both warning and imploring. "Eternity.”

— Beth Fantaskey

“The most beautiful thing we can experence is the mysterious.”

— Beth Fantaskey

“One's perception of time was relative to one's desire for its passage.”

— Beth Fantaskey

“Her heart is so ten­der that she could not help but mourn even me—a man whom she can bare­ly abide.”

— Beth Fantaskey

“No, Lucius is harmless,' I fibbed. If you don't count the fact that he thinks he's a warrior prince representing a semi-cannibalistic…

— Beth Fantaskey

“American women. Why do you all want to be nearly invisible? Why not have a physical presence in the world? Women should…

— Beth Fantaskey

“Stupid Romanian bloodsucker. He was lucky I hadn't bestowed another exalted scar on his imperial body.”

— Beth Fantaskey

“Sugared cheese?" I was skeptical. - "I ate the vegan birthday cake," Dorin noted. "Trust me, this will be a treat by…

— Beth Fantaskey

“Yes. It's so much better to be stalked by a tall European than an American of average height.”

— Beth Fantaskey

“So I did what any sane person would do. I jammed the pitchfork in the general direction of his foot and ran…

— Beth Fantaskey

“I shook my head. "You're going to get killed"Lucius shot me a conspiratorial look. "You, of all people, should know that's unlikely.…

— Beth Fantaskey

“But Lucius was staring at the beamed ceiling of the barn, pacing around, hands clasped behind his back, muttering to himself. "This…

— Beth Fantaskey

“American women. Why do you all want to be nearly invisible? Why not have a physical presence in the world? Women should…

— Beth Fantaskey

“You will not address me as if I'm not even here--unless you want to join Lucius in the dungeons. And then we'll…

— Beth Fantaskey

“Where do you. come from?" Frank challenged, puffing his chest, a little bolder now that he could breathe. "Some of us are…

— Beth Fantaskey

“Ranerio wrapped his hand around mine, guiding my fingers like Lucius had done when he'd shown me the latch behind the dressing-room…

— Beth Fantaskey

“On the stage Tristen bent over the piano, his fingers swift and sure, his blond hair gleaming under the spotlight. I glanced…

— Beth Fantaskey

“Must we vampires always resort to violence so quickly? Could we not just all sit down over a "refreshing Bud Light" and…

— Beth Fantaskey

“Gentlemen don’t ask women impertinent questions about delicate subjects…… And they never, ever use crude expressions in mixed company. Not unless they’re…

— Beth Fantaskey

“I might not have transferred to a new school, but it was still like I'd joined the world's oldest, grayest, least peppy…

— Beth Fantaskey

“Lucius paused, turning on his heel to face me. "I grow weary of your ignorance." He moved closer to me, leaning down…

— Beth Fantaskey

“You're a wrestler, right, Jake?" Dad asked, passing Jake more saag. My parents were in an Indian food phase. The evening's entree…

— Beth Fantaskey

“I wanted to die. Die right there. I wanted to run to the knife drawer, grab the biggest blade I could find,…

— Beth Fantaskey

“Someday, Jessica, he says quietly, you will stand before me in this very room, as we prepare for some function which we…

— Beth Fantaskey

“With a deep sigh, Lucius resumed pacing. "Honestly, I can't stand this going around anymore. The story is quite simple. You, Antanasia,…

— Beth Fantaskey

“And as we kissed, really kissed, something inside me was smashed, like a splitting atom, erupting with all the force of a…

— Beth Fantaskey

“As you wish, of course." Lucius lowered the volume on an old record player, which spun a warped vinyl disk that wailed…

— Beth Fantaskey

“I like pink." Lucius sniffed. "It's just red's sorry, weak cousin.”

— Beth Fantaskey

“Fear is the worst kind of grave, because it buries one alive.”

— Beth Fantaskey