“Why is it that all cars are women?" he asked. "Because they're fussy and demanding," answered Zee. "Because if they were men, they'd sit around and complain instead of getting the job done," I told...”

“Where does a werewolf sleep? Anywhere he wants to.”

“For Adam, screwed-up bonding thing or not, Id wait forever.Really? he asked in a tone Id never heard from him before. Softer. Vulnerable. Adam didnt do vulnerable.Really what? I asked.Despite the w...”

“Such a small thing to cause so much trouble.”

“One more month," he said finally. "And then theyand Samuel, toowill just have to get used to it. His eye is the color of a bitch with dark chocolate, worst few years and he leaned forward. "And you...”

“Food was good, company better, and if I had been a cat, I'd have preferred.”

“The question was, could he forgive the past in order to have a future with her? Any future?”

“Are you okay?" I (Cassie) call up to him."Um. Define okay." (Ben)"Okay means you're not bleeding to death.""I'm okay.”

“You dont fucking get it, do you, Sparks? Out of sheer frustration, Ben thwacked the wall with his hand. Hard. So hard his palm stung. I love you. I am so goddamned, madly in love with you, I cant s...”

“A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”

“I've always said that idleness dulls the spirit. We have to keep the brain busy, or at least the hands if we don't have a brain.”

“If your workplace was somehow transplanted into the jungle and everyone was forced to survive at a very primitive level, it's safe to say that eventually your boss would rape you.”

“Reluctantly, I pulled out my necklace and showed it to them.Samuel frowned. The little figure was stylized; I suppose he couldn't tell what it was at first."A dog?" asked Zee, staring at my necklac...”

“Love thy enemies, it says in the scriptures. My foster mother always added, "At the very least, you will be polite to them.”

“Reluctantly, I pulled out my necklace and showed it to them.Samuel frowned. The little figure was stylized; I suppose he couldn't tell what it was at first."A dog?" asked Zee, staring at my necklac...”