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Growing older is mandatory, but growing up is optional.

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Because teachers, no matter how kind, no matter how friendly, are sadistic and evil to the core.

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Someday, my young friend, you'll find out that girls are actually people too. Just like you and me.

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People says it gets easier. People are stupid."-Vlad

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It never gets easier, missing you. And sometimes I wonder if it ever will.

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Wrong. Enemies don't fight with such determined passion. That kind of focus is reserved for friends at odds with one another."pg 69 Tomas to Vlad

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She raised a sharp eyebrow at him. "Vlad, no offense, but look at you. If you're not a vampire, you're clearly the most anemic goth I've ever seen.".....more

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Mulling this over, Vlad wiped her lip gloss from his lips with the back of his hand.Vampires, after all, didn't sparkle.

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They'll torture you for months before killing you if you run" Otis shrugged, as if this was an everyday occurrence.