“How can we find out if it’s true?′ asked Arnold. ‘We could say we won’t believe in the Something unless we see it ourselves.’ ‘No one would listen to us,’ said Amelia. Grown-ups mostly listen to other grown-ups.”
“A true vampire knows he is dead. He accepts his death. But you, you think you are still one of the living. It is that which makes you so dangerous. You cannot acknowledge that you are no longer alive.”