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.

I spent the next fifteen minutes convincing a crying werewolf that I wasn’t going to hurt her. My life was getting too strange, even for me.

Most hatred is based on fear, one way or another.

If you love someone, truly love them, you should never cause them pain. Never fill their eyes with something so close to grief.

Some issues stay fresh every time you open them up. It's like evil magical Tupperware -- it stays fresh forever.

There are only two kinds of vampire hunters: good ones and dead ones.

Stupidity isn't punishable by death. If it was, there would be a hell of a population drop.