I hate to waste a really good threat. — Laurell K. Hamilton

"I had been too long away from the nobility; I had forgotten how silly even the best of them could be."

"You will never lose your nerve. Your life, probably, but never your nerve."

"I wont die, eaten alive," he said. He put a fresh clip in his gun. Ill do you first if you want, or you can do it yourself. Save your bullets, Edward. I lifted a can of gasoline in one hand. What are you planning? he asked. Im going to set the shed on fire. I splashed gasoline on the door. The smell was sharp and tugged at the back of my throat. With us inside? he asked. Yes. Id rather shoot myself, if its all the same to you."

"I know who and what I am. I am The Executioner, and I dont date Vampires. I kill them."

"I could almost smell her fear... Why did it bother me so much? Because she and I were the only women here, and we had to be better than the men. Braver, quicker, whatever. It was a rule for playing with the big boys."

"We hate most in others what we dislike in ourselves."