“Those who really love you don't mean to hurt you and if they do, you can't see it in their eyes but it hurts them too.”

“We all wind up drawn to what we're afraid of, drawn to try to find a way to make ourselves safe from a thing by crawling inside of it, by loving it, by becoming it.”

“I need to stop fantasizing about running away to some other life and start figuring out the one I have.”

“She took a deep breath, "Last chance. Are you in need of rescuing?" His expression turned very strange, almost as if she'd struck him, "Yes," he said finally.”

“Death has his favorites, like anyone. Those who are beloved of Death will not die.”

“I will guard you from Death, for I have no fear of him.”

“Did you just mentally pistol whip that guy, with his own gun? Nice, Amber. I would have just killed him.”

“Getting up from the bed, Dominick approaches me at a slow predatory pace. Once again, I cannot move my feet.”

“Goddamn it, do it yourself. Youre five hundred years old and you cant use a telephone? Read the directions. What are you, an immortal idiot?”