Maybe you’re not willing to give up a lover who’s colder than you are.

I'd never met coffee that wasn't wonderful. It was just a matter of how wonderful it was.

I hated missing the end of anything. I was always convinced that the bit I'd miss would be the best part.

I just don't believe in helping people who are going to torture me. Though I don't see any bamboo slivers. How can you possibly torture someone without bamboo slivers?

His parting shot to me had been, "I don't want to love someone who is more at home with the monsters than I am." What do you say to that? What can you say? Damned if I know. They say love conquers everything. They lie.

He doesn’t pretend,” the punk pixie said. He nodded toward Doyle. “Nice rings. You got anything else pierced?” “Yes,” Doyle said. The boy smiled, making the rings in the edge of his nose and his bottom lip curl cheerfully with it. “Me too,” he said.

An atheist waving a cross at a vampire was a truly pitiful sight.