The Vampire's Assistant Quotes
"It was the nicest sound in the world, as far as Stanley was concerned. It was a great feeling, to know you were all alone and safe as can be."
"Monsters weren't real. Everyone knew that. Monsters didn't exist."
"A vampire who feasts frequently can control himself. One who drinks only when he must will end up sucking wildly. The hunger inside us must be fed to be controlled."
"If I shook hands with a human I had to be careful not to break the bones in his fingers."
"The general rule is, never drink from a person who has been dead more than a day."
"Sunlight would kill a vampire, but not quickly. A vampire could walk around during the day, if he wrapped up in lots of clothes."
"It was a fact of life that we are stronger than humans, faster and tougher. If you play with them, they will be hurt."
"I might have to drink the blood of animals to stay alive, but I would never feast on one of my own kind."
"Sacrificed everything to save a friend. There aren't many who would do as much. People are so self-centered these days. It's good to see the world can still produce heroes."
"This isn't something he caught, it's how he was born. This is what he is."
"We're the slaves of the modern generation. We're —"
"You never know what they might set their minds — and teeth — on if they go unfed for too long."
"Rich dudes hate having cameras pointed at them. One TV news crew is as good as twenty active warriors."
"I thought I had to be imagining it, but as the seconds passed it kept growing, and pretty soon it was full-length again."
"When one of my limbs gets cut off, a new one starts to grow almost immediately, so there's only a second or two of pain."
"I'll take it out of your wages," he said. "Clever old me."
"You look creepier," he said. "With your pale face and that awful suit, you look like something out of a horror film."
"I didn't do it. I played perfectly and safely."
"Your test was useless. I didn't kill you this time, but if I ever get the chance again, I'll take it!"
"What should I do? Forget about it and just drink human blood? Or stay true to my humanity and ... die?"
"I could get low enough, my feet slipped out from under me … and I fell!"
"Everything will be all right. Okay. It's going to work. You will survive."
"I thought you were being nice to me!" I cried. "And all the time it was just a test!"
"Stupid boy," he grumbled, then stormed off to his coffin.
"If you had swallowed even a little, it would have kept you going a while longer, and once you had the taste, you might not be so afraid to drink again."
"I'm not being stupid … I'm being human," I growled.
"Just because other people are nasty, it don't mean you should be nasty, too."
"People eat meat, and that's a fact of life. I'm only doing what I have to."
"He is an animal, I said. No, R.V. disagreed. You are the animal, man."
"You're in over your head here. Me and my friends in the Cirque are freaks, and freaks don't obey the same laws as other people."
"We don't have to make a final decision for a couple more days."
"I don't have to worry anymore about drinking human blood or starving to death. I could go down fighting."
"If you finish him off before he dies from the bites of the wolf-man, you will save some of his memories and feelings."
"I don't care. I didn't do it for me. I did it for Sam."