We were U.S. Marshals. We hunted and killed the monsters. We did not run from them

Sex is like crying, it does look pretty if you really do it

Perfection is an unattainable goal. It isn't going to be perfect. Just get words down on paper, and when you stumble to what you think is the end of the book, you will have hundreds of pages of words that came out of your head. It may not be perfect, but it looks like a book.

I don't have a master. I'm not sure if I have an equal.

Questions are great, but only if you know the answers. If you ask questions and the answers surprise you, you look silly.

I could have just said I'm good at my job, but I didn't. Didn't want the police thinking I was holding out information when I wasn't. "I've got one advantage over a normal homicide detective, I expect it to be a monster. No one ever calls me in if it's just a stabbing, or a hit-and-run. I don't spend a lot of time trying to come up with nice, normal explanations. It means I get to ignore a lot of theories.

I was shaking all over, and it wasn't from the vampire. Memories have teeth, too.