A man who discovers his pants are on fire tends to have very little time to worry about somebody else's box of matches

And once again I found myself wondering, as I drifted off to stunned and unbelieving sleep:How do these terrible things always happen to me?

Detective, I don't know where the boyfriend is, really," I said. And it was true, considering tide, current, and the habits of marine scavengers. -Dexter

Rectory always sounded to me like a place where you would find a proctologist.

…a cheerful black shadow reared up behind him as he spoke, thundering a happy challenge to my Dark Passenger, which slid forward and bellowed back.

And as always seems to happen when I have reached the point where I am ready to take decisive action, everything began to happen at once.

Killing makes me feel good.