Dannese Quotes & Sayings

Death stalked toward us on padded feet.
And it was not alone. — Melika Dannese Lux

Stefan needed me. Ha! Stefan needed me, as what? His next meal? — Melika Dannese Lux

Thirteen years of friendship had bonded us together more thoroughly than if we had been born of the same mother. Even at this late stage, I was unwilling to let him go. — Melika Dannese Lux

Don't listen to the ramblings of fools," he said, smiling grimly. "When it comes down to it, if they knew the truth, no one would want to live on this earth forever. — Melika Dannese Lux

A decision made during a moment of weakness can ruin your life.
To date, I had made three. — Melika Dannese Lux

I know the consequences, Manon," Ilyse conceded. "I know the fate you endured might one day be my own. But I refuse to be a prisoner for the rest of my life. — Melika Dannese Lux

She rounded on me with such ferocity that for a moment I didn't recognize her. A flash of fangs, a dark gleam in her blacker-than-night eyes. It was the most vampiric I'd ever seen her. — Melika Dannese Lux

FOOVIEW (foo' view) n. The ability of a dog to inflict guilt from any angle in the room while he watches his master eat. — Rich Hall

A lot of people just look at acting as a quick fix - they don't have a work ethic. This is a job; it's not all margaritas on the beach. — Jeremy Luke

Do you often wonder," she continued, desperately hoping her questions would win Vasily over, "what might have been had his gaze fallen upon some other miserable wretch? Yes, you would have been destitute, starving in the streets, scraping for your next meal ... but even beggars are free. — Melika Dannese Lux

And I swore it to myself the night Maurice ran away," Ilyse screamed, terror and fury coursing through her veins, "and I'll swear it again; no matter what you do, you will never conquer me. — Melika Dannese Lux

You need to screw up to learn. You need to experience to create greatness. — Laurie Faria Stolarz

Sergei doesn't yearn for love ... he thirsts for domination, and now he has finally achieved it. — Melika Dannese Lux

Darkness enveloped us again, and for the first time in years, I welcomed it. — Melika Dannese Lux

Thou dost love her, because thou knowst I love her. — William Shakespeare

Because, my dear Eric, I have tasted the secret knowledge. I know how much to say and when to pull back. I know what to see and not see. And now that I have become whole again, I can never go back. All these things he has given me. Better than my supposed mother and father ever could. For that, I owe him my life and allegiance. — Melika Dannese Lux

There was something in her eyes that made me trust her. Maybe it was because they held the same cynicism, the same world-weariness I saw in my own every morning when I looked at myself in the mirror. — Melika Dannese Lux

Scientific thought and the miraculous unconscious are two waves in the same ocean. — Alejandro Jodorowsky

How does one go on after doing such unspeakable things? It's
all rather simple, really," he continued, speaking in someone else's voice. "Say to yourself, 'What things?' And it becomes clear ... you are blameless. They brought it on themselves. What have they ever done for you except control your life? They tore you away from your sister; they ripped you from your home. Did you ask to be saved? No! Forget them and start over ... with us, your true family, my Corcitura, my own. — Melika Dannese Lux

She is so tiresome. 'Am I a vampire, am I a wolf, am I a vampire, am I a wolf, I cannot decide, so I'll be both! — Melika Dannese Lux

Oh, come now, Manon," Ilyse laughed, "It's my job to liven things up a bit, too. I can't let you and your dimples have all the fun. — Melika Dannese Lux

I used to ask myself, 'Sergei, would you rather spend your money on drink or women?' and thanks to the club, I spend it on both and am called a patron of the arts. — Melika Dannese Lux

And I confess that, like a child, I cry. Ah, self-pity; I think we are at our most honest and sincere when we feel sorry for ourselves. — Iain Banks

Affronts to her reputation pierced her to the heart, though I couldn't understand why, since she had very little character left to defend. — Melika Dannese Lux

His character is like an emerald - multifaceted and enhanced by inclusions. — Melika Dannese Lux

I've always felt comfortable amongst the horrors. I married your uncle Gerard, after all. — Melika Dannese Lux

It is amazing, is it not, Darcy, how a violent storm can rise up out of calm, idle waters so unexpectedly? I am always surprised, but never caught off guard. We can be travelling through what we think are tranquil waters, believing everything is going exactly as planned, heading in the exact direction we want, when in the blink of an eye, everything around us is jostled, tossed around, and completely shaken up. When it has passed, we are not at all where we thought we would be when we first set out. — Kara Louise

I'd go to hell and back and cut off the devil's head myself to save you. — Melika Dannese Lux

I've read about this in books, imagined it in my mind countless times since I've been here, but to actually witness it is something entirely different. I thought I was prepared, but nothing - no amount of book learning or supposed life experience or bravado - can make you invulnerable to the sight of a vampire drinking blood. — Melika Dannese Lux

If I were pressed, I would admit that she was beautiful, in a dead bride sort of way. — Melika Dannese Lux

I think it's a problem when journalists have the title of their article before they do the interview, because it biases the way they conduct it. — Michel Gondry

I'm not asking for your forgiveness. I have done no wrong according to my kind. I never meant to turn you. I just wanted to have a little fun with you before they took you away. — Melika Dannese Lux

Maybe I had been making a greater monster of him than he really was, or maybe I was still under his influence, for I was certain that he wanted me to believe he was no more than a harmless man who happened to use vampirism to get what he desired. Some remnant of his mesmerism was still upon me. I had never been able to shake the feeling that he was tucked away in a corner of my mind, that he could read my thoughts, know what I was thinking. He had done something to me, but what that was, I had never been able to discover. All I knew was that the feeling had been with me since the morning I woke up and found myself in Venice. — Melika Dannese Lux

A lot of things should have been, Zigmund, but they aren't. Are you going to be miserable about the things you cannot change, or do something about the things you can? — Melika Dannese Lux

Not all vampires are created equal, you know. — Melika Dannese Lux

With Stefan, the line between good and evil, right and wrong, becomes increasingly blurred. — Melika Dannese Lux