Damion Ante, the vampiric husband of my novel protagonist Nathanial:
"I hate...how you treat yourself. Nathanial...you call yourself nothing more then filth, but you aren't. You're someone who just wants to help people...someone who has made me a better man..." Burying his face into Nathanial's hair as he kissed the boy's head softly. "And I love you too much to let you drown yourself in depression..."