“Maybe becoming a monster is a sign of strength.”

“After puberty, you look to one sex for more than friendship and to the other for less-than-complete intimacy.”

“Otherwise the silence in the room was profound, the silence of places Brian had not yet been: gazing at the lifeless body of a beloved, the echo of a lost illusion, the tinnitus of betrayal.”

“Theres nothing that makes an artist more beloved than the audience pitying him because his work comes at a price they would never pay.”

“It was always the most striking scene, the best work, the most disturbing emotion and unsettling idea that attracts criticism.”

“Sooner or later everyone is defeated by their desires.”

“Also, serial killers, child killers, they’re hot, they’re the new cool kids, the new vampires, the new zombies, everybody’s favourite spook monster.”

“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?”