See you tomorrow,” he said, instead. “All right.” Then, impulsively, I asked, “Do you have a place to sleep tonight?” “Sure,” he said with a smile, and started off as if he had somewhere to be. I could have bitten off my tongue because I pushed him into a lie. Once he started lying to me, it would be harder to get him to trust me with the truth. I don’t know why it works that way, but it does—at least in my experience.

I jerked my chin toward Frost’s body. ‘All that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing.’ Hao said, “Life is not safe. A man might spend his whole time on earth staying safe in a basement, and in the end, he still dies like everyone else.” Half-naked, covered with the same filth we all were, he still gave the impression of being in control of himself and his environment.

Sometimes I think I live more closely to the past than the present.

I was in the middle of a dream about garbage cans and frogs - don't ask, and I won't tell.

I was going to fight vampires, and my name wasn't Buffy--I was so screwed.

Happiness is German engineering, Italian cooking, and Belgian chocolate.

I am the reality of all coyotes. The archetype. The epitome. You are just a reflection of me.