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

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

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.

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

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.