You never told me all this before," I said, by way of explanation. "You all have divided up America into kingdoms, is that right?

Why was it librarians had such a prim image? With all the information available in books right there at their fingertips, librarians could be the best-informed people around. About anything.

As the water pounded on my back, I reflected that I must be pretty simple. It didn't take much to make me happy. A long night with a dead guy had done the trick.

Finally, a human man saw me as intensely valuable. Just my luck he was happily married and thought I was a freak.

Who wants a bag of bones?” he said, with absolute sincerity. “I don’t want to hurt myself on the sharp edges of the woman I’m bedding.

Vampires. They wrote the book on possessive.

If I quit having fun, then it's time for me to quit working.