“Death is my art form--when I fight, I'm a ballerina. Graceful. Chi lacks my grace, but makes up for it in energy and enthusiasm. His fighting style is like breakdancing--strong and frenetic with so...”

“Your death, strange human. I mean, your injury. No murder, just a little maiming. So I can leave. Maimings not so bad.”

“But worries are for people who cant pull grown men apart with their bare hands.”

“I eye the three of them, considering. Theyll need a lesson in discretion before I go. Not a lethal lesson. Mom wouldnt like that.”

“My teeth rip skin; my jaws snap bones. I am fast, lightning-fast, snuff oh-was-that-your-life?oh-was-that-your-life? fast.”

“Oooooh, dont make her mad! the leader gasps around his laughter.”

“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...”

“History has been written, but it has not always been right or complete.”

“I want to kiss you again, Tess.Why?He chuckled, low under his breath. Why? Because youre beautiful, and because I want you. And I think you want me too.”

“With every breath I take, I will always love you.”