I sipped my own coffee, heavy on the sugar and cream, trying to make up for the late work the night before. Caffeine and sugar, the two basic food groups.

Pity is an emotion that can get you killed. The only thing more dangerous is blind hate, and maybe love.

That disapproving look was back in her eyes. Her teacher face. The one that could make you squirm from ten paces, even if you were innocent. And I hadn't been innocent for years.

What is it about her that is so goddamned special?

Can the sarcasm,' he said. 'Please, I always use fresh sarcasm, never canned.

You smell of other peoples blood, ma petite. It was no one you know. -Jean Claude and Anita

There had to be a circle of Hell where you were eternally fourteen, eternally in junior high. One of the lower circles.