" Her mother had taught her that there was more to life. That she should enjoy the sunlight and the wind, the perfume of flowers and the color of the sky. She should feel the rain on her face, the ocean lapping at her feet, the snow melting in her hands. There were wonderful things, and there were curious things—scary and sad things, too, and they all came with life. "

― Bella Forrest , A Memory of Time (A Shade of Vampire #84)