All the pictures on the walls, they all white as lilies and smiling like alligators.

Why don't they just take him out?" I asked. I'm not politically minded, as I guess you can tell. Mr. Cataliades was smiling at me. "So direct, so classic," he said. "So American.

Everyone thinks I'm crazy, you know, because I can't tell them the truth; which is, that I'm driven crazy by all these thoughts, all these heads.

The average woman would not be pondering how fast her date could kill her, but I’ll never be an average woman.

Sookie," Eric said. I didn't think he'd heard a word. "Yield to me." Well, that was pretty direct.

I held on to my better nature by my fingernails but I held on.

I wish," I said. "I could save orgasms in a jar for when I need them, because I think I have a few extra.