Sometimes you fight what you are, and sometimes you give in to it. And some nights you just don’t want to fight yourself anymore, so you pick someone else to fight.

When I was younger, I'd wanted someone to promise me that things would work out and nothing bad would ever happen again. But I understood now that that was a child's wish. No one could promise that. No one. The grown-ups could try, but they couldn't promise, not and mean it.

Nothing turns to hate so bitter as what once was love.

Larry's zombie bag was a nearly virulent green with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on it. I was almost afraid to ask what his vampire bag looked like.

There are some things more important than physical survival. You gotta be able to look at yourself in the mirror.

Remember your personal demons should be afraid of you, because you are their home, their food, and as you heal, their executioner.

Better to assume the worst and be wrong than assume the best and be wrong.