“我們生活在一個真實的世界里，社會越是文明，反而對外表美的要求越高，真是諷刺。古時生物擇偶，注意外表，因為羽毛漂亮，動物本身想必健康兼繁殖力頑強，在進化中漸漸外表占了優勢，一直演變至今日，人類追求美麗已達畸形狀態…… 美，美，美——總有大批犧牲者。”
"Raven, what do you want to be when you grow up?"Mrs Peevish asked, her green eyes staring through me.
I said nothing.
"An actress?"
I shook my head.
"A doctor?"
"Nuh, uh," I said.
"A flight attendant?"
"Yuck!" I replied.
"Then what?" she asked, annoyed.
I thought for a moment. "I want to be……"
"Yes?"
"I want to be……a vampire!"
