If a cultural reference flies over a man's head, does it make a sound if nobody else gets it.

I’d signed six things and my stack wasn’t getting any smaller. It was like the paperwork was breeding while I worked.

Vampires smiled for many reasons, but when a vampire male smiled at you from this distance with that kind of look in his eyes it was done for one purpose only: to impress. Look at my big teeth. I’m an apex predator. My genetic material is awesome.

Roland had sworn off children—they kept trying to kill him.

I'm a substitute mom." "You're more like a crazy aunt who only gets called when somebody needs bailing out of jail.

Judging by the hard lines of his face and the flat look in his eyes, he'd left the Marines, but the Corps hadn't quite left him.

Maybe if I prayed to Miss Marple, she’d hook me up with a clue