You are a sick, sick man,” I told him. “Thank you,” Ben replied, looking modest.

A man says a lot of things in summer he doesn't mean in winter.

He was obviously dead. But since he was a vampire that wasn't as hopless a thing as it might have been.

Wolves eat coyotes," Gordon said[...] If he weren't an old man, I had some rude things I could have said to that. "Yes," observed Adam blandly. "I do." Yep. That was the one that came to mind. And he didn't even blush when he said it. Maybe Gordon would miss the double entendre. But he grinned cheerfully at Adam.

Knowing someone desires you is the greatest aphrodisiac

Baking is like washing--the results are equally temporary.

She was on the far side, leaving two cold feet of mattress between them. He knew that she'd fall asleep like that... and then gradually move over until she was plastered against him. Then he could go to sleep, too.