'And you're worried, not because you're headed to meet a houseful of vampires, but because you think those vampires won't approve of you, correct?'
'That's right,' I answered immediately, hiding my surprise at his casual use of the word.
He shook his head. 'You're incredible.'
About three things I was absolutely positive:
First, Edward was a vampire.
Second, there was a part of him - and I didn’t know how potent that part might be-that thirsted for my blood.
And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him.
If stakes and garlic were the top two things that could kill a vampire, ninth grade gym was a close third.
High SchoolHeather Brewer in Vladimir Tod - Ninth Grade Slays'Morning, sunshine.'
Vlad blinked at her. 'Morning, sulfuric acid.'
'Pardon me?'
'Well, isn't it just kinda wrong to call a vampire 'sunshine'?'
Mulling this over, Vlad wiped her lip gloss from his lips with the back of his hand. Vampires, after all, didn't sparkle.
Heather Brewer in Vladimir Tod - Twelfth Grade KillsEvery day that you refuse to embrace your nature, you are closer to the day where it controls you. The day that you kill recklessly because you simply must feed.
Margot Fairmont in First Kill, Season 1 Episode 1Vampires have always held a very seductive kind of lore and have always been some variety of attractive, whether it's attractiveness that's born of just the physical attributes that they have - this kind of ethereal beauty or translucent pallor - or whether it is more to do with the way they carry themselves.
Colin FarrellBefore vampires were aesthetically appealing, they were physical anomalies and ostracized outsiders whom we banished to the dark, and they didn't have the appeal that they do now.
Ian SomerhalderVampires have become tragic or romantic figures. Vampire are largely seduction tales. They're no longer the scary creature in the dark.
Stephen Graham JonesVampires. You like to play with your food.
Castlevania, Season 3 Episode 3