“I flinched when his hands lifted, although it was more of a reaction to everything that had been happening to me, not necessarily because he was Death. He stilled. Youre sad, he said. Let me help y...”

“Id like to say it could have been worse. Im sure lots of people hate their job, or their boss, or the people they work with. I just couldnt relate to those people. They have options. They can quit ...”

“I grouped my fellow employees into three categories: the plebes, the damned, and the demons.”

“You came here of your own free will, Claire. I wont be denied. Youre mine now, and I intend to keep you.”

“You have your orders, Mab shouted at the guards. To the Deeps with her. The men led me from the great hall, taking me along a series of corridors to the back of the castle, then winding through ano...”

“With his nose in my hair, he inhaled deeply before putting a light kiss on my cheek. Have you come to play? he asked then kissed me again. No. I cringed when he drew my earlobe into his mouth. I ca...”

“Men who fear demons see demons everywhere.”

“What, if some day or night a demon were to steal after you into your loneliest loneliness and say to you: 'This life as you now live it and have lived it, you will have to live once more and innume...”

“I suddenly realized. The zebra. It is not something outside of us. The zebra is something inside of us. Our fears. Our own self-destructive nature. The zebra is the worst part of us when we are fac...”

“I am quite sure I am more afraid of people who are themselves terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.”

“If the devil is sending you thoughts of fear, resist him, stop the thoughts”

“Perhaps living in fear can drive all devils out of a person.”