My vampire boss, who would like to maybe be my boyfriend, just dropped in to tell me he was running away because Morganville’s too dangerous.

Hello! Your dear father is unfortunately very dead," he called. "And you said my dispersal system would never work!

Morley put his hand over his heart and bowed from the waist, a gesture that somehow reminded Claire of Myrnin. It reminded her she missed him, too, which was just wrong. She should not be missing Morganville, or anyone in it. Especially not the crazy boss vampire who’d put fang marks in her neck that would never, ever go away. She was doomed to high-necked shirts because of him. But she did miss him.

Myrnin was silent for a beat, and then he said, "Bob would be very disappointed in you.

You are so lucky I'm too tired to murder you right now.

When things seem calmest, that is the time you should fear the most, it's when you have the most to lose.

Nobody's cut out for this town," Shane said. "Nobody sane anyway." "Says the kid who came back." "Yeah, kind of proves my point.