“Normally death came at night, taking a person in their sleep, stopping their heart or tickling them awake, leading them to the bathroom with a splitting headache before pouncing and flooding their ...”

“Three Pines wasnt on any tourist map, being too far off any main or even secondary road. Like Narnia, it was generally found unexpectedly and with a degree of surprise that such an elderly village ...”

“Why did he kill his own mother? Ruth asked.The oldest story in the book, said Gamache.Ben was a male prostitute? Gabri exclaimed.Thats the oldest profession. Where do you keep your head? asked Ruth...”

“She strong-armed the swinging door and walked through. Straight into an acid flashback.Claras first reaction was to laugh. She stood stunned for a moment then started to laugh. And laugh. And laugh...”

“Clara shrugged and immediately knew her betrayal of Peter. In one easy movement she'd distanced herself from his bad behavior, even thought she herself was responsible for it. Just before everyone ...”

“I've been treating you with courtesy and respect because that's the way I choose to treat everyone. But never, ever mistake kindness with weakness.”

“If someone were to harm my family or a friend or somebody I love, I would eat them. I might end up in jail for 500 years, but I would eat them.”

“Sometimes you know you've got a chance with a girl because she wants to fight with you. If the world wasn't so messed up, it wouldn't be like that. If the world was normal, a girl being nice to you...”

“Smirking, he says, "Whatever spell you just tried to cast on me, it didn't work, so I think you need to go back to Hogwarts.”