I always thought of vampires, especially the young-adult ones, as a metaphor for sex - sucking blood, forbidden, taboo. I think they just ooze sex. Vampires are all the big themes in life in one attractive, bloodsucking package.
Magic provides a way of still having room for possibilities, an unlimited sense of what the world offers. Magic is always there when science is found wanting.
Ali Babacan, Politician (1967) |
Lawrence Barrett, Actor (1836) |
Clive Davis, Businessman (1932) |
Elizabeth Emken, Politician (1963) |
A. Bartlett Giamatti, Educator (1938) |
John Hannah, Athlete (1951) |
Bobby Ray Inman, Soldier (1931) |
Jacquelyn Jablonski, Model (1991) |
Claiborne Fox Jackson, Lawyer (1806) |
David E. Kelley, Producer (1956) |
Alfonso X, Royalty (1284) |
Hodding Carter, Journalist (1972) |
Roger Ebert, Critic (2013) |
William Henry Harrison, President (1841) |
Martin Luther King, Jr., Leader (1968) |