Is there any chance you'd overthrow the tyrannical Beast Lord and his psychotic consort?" "Yeah, I want a vacation." -Kate & Curran to Jim

Curran struck at my wrist. His fingers were cat-quick, but I had spent my life honing my reflexes, and he missed. “Well, look at that.” I studied my free wrist. “Denied. Good-bye

What would I do without the moral compass of a teenage werewolf.

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

Let's have a partnership, Kate. I offer honesty, Kate. I don't have have outrun the Beast Lord I just pissed off, Kate. I only have to outrun you and hit you with my car as I hightail it out of here.

Help me, I can’t breathe, your ego is pushing all the air out of the room.

In diplomacy, like in great many other things, the rules of engagement survive only until one remarkable person decides to break them.