[Believers] have joy and comfort-that joy that angels cannot give, and devils cannot take.

I hate the endless admonishments of a nanny state that lives in fear of its lawyers. While colonies of dim-witted traffic wardens swarm about looking for minor parking infringements, nobody seems to notice that our very social fabric is falling apart.

Kim Newman brings Dracula back home in the granddaddy of all vampire adventures. Anno Dracula couldn't be more fun if Bram Stoker had scripted it for Hammer. It's a beautifully constructed Gothic epic that knocks almost every other vampire novel out for the count.

Clutter, either mental or physical, is the sign of a healthy curiosity.

Life is a very beautiful dream. I'm so glad I chose not to wake up from it just yet