Children make that big a difference to you? He asked. I nodded. Yeah, they do. I never figured you as the maternal type. I'm not, but kids are people, Edward, little people trapped by the choices the adults around them make.

Fear will bind you closer than love, or hate, and it works a hell of a lot quicker.

My father had taught me to be nice first, because you can always be mean later, but once you've been mean to someone, they won't believe the nice anymore. So be nice, be nice, until it's time to stop being nice, then destroy them.

Fear will keep you alive; indifference won't.

If you're dressed for my funeral, it's too casual. If it's just street clothes, then you must be scaring the tourists.

A crowd is an elemental thing. A word, a glance, and a crowd becomes a mob.

There are only two things you can do when you're dressed like Barbie Does Bondage; you can be embarrassed or you can be aggressive. Guess what my choice was.