Helen Maryles Shankman

“Rest in peace? Please, God, no. Haunt me, Sofia. You said you'd haunt me.”

“If an ordinary man can be tapped to be the Messiah...then perhaps any one of us is capable of bringing about the Redemption.”

“There’s no such thing as yesterday, he thought dully. Memory is just today, happening over and over again, stamped indelibly with regret.”

“You can suck the life out of someone without ever touching a drop of their blood. --Raphael Sinclair”

“What else could I do? You couldn't just say no. I had to think about...my...position.”

“You should have noticed by now, sometimes a monster looks just like any other man.”