Love birds don't always sing pretty tunes.

You can’t just hope for happy endings. You have to believe in them. Then do the work, take the risks.

Sometimes a wind comes up, blows you off course. You’re not ready for it, but if you’re lucky, you end up in a more interesting place than you’d planned.

Bite me." -Lieutenant Eve Dallas, from any of the In Death books.

The worst, the very worst requirement of friendship, in Eve Dallas's opinion, was sitting through an entire evening of childbirth classes. What went on there--the sights, the sounds, the assault on all the senses--turned the blood cold.

The doll, Dallas. You know, Barbie doll. Jeez, didn't you ever have dollies?" "Dolls are like small dead people. I have enough dead people, thanks.

I had the blood and fire rule when my boys were young. You know, unless it's blood or fire, don't bother me.