Delilah S. Dawson quotes:

Why, Criminy Stain, I saidYou're a romantic.Oh, no, he said with a grinI'm fiendish and unscrupulous, a vicious killer and a thief and a bloodthirsty monster. And maybe a little romantic. But don't tell anyone, or my reputation's shot.

dreams are your heart's playground.

I'm a nurse," I said, feeling huffy"I help sick people." "So you can stop the diseases?" he asked"Not really. I mostly help the people who are already dying, trying to make their last days comfortable." "You help people die," he mused"That sounds quite sinister, and that's coming from someone who drinks blood.

I told him my own story, from locket to fainting. But I left out the part about how I was supposed to be Criminy's magic mail-order bride.