Of course, I thought I was badass at sixteen, too. Wait, I was badass at sixteen. Oh, yeah.

Happy birthday,” she said. “And next time? Eat the stupid cupcake.

Shane said, "Don't worry. I'll protect you." Claire hit him in the shoulder. "I don't need you to protect me." "Then why am I going first?" "So you can take the first punch while I throw the second?" "So I'm bait? Ouch. You've been in Morganville way too long, girl.

From Shane's Point of View: Jester talking to Shane: "What's the matter? You afraid you'd bite your skinny little girlfriend?" Jester laughed. "She's already someone else's, you know. I can smell the bite on her. He's marked her." Myrnin. "Shut up," I said, and kicked him in the face.

I'm worried he's going to ... do something crazy." "He lives in a hole in the ground, dresses funny, and occasionally eats his assistants," Eve said. "Define crazy.

Knowing Myrnin, there could be anything inside, from a body he'd forgotten about to his dirty laundry.

Shane: "Score," he said, and raised the crowbar in triumph. "Who's your daddy?" - Black Dawn