“A clipboard and a hard hat could get you just about anywhere.”

“I’m not going anywhere with you, you little shoemaker,” I said (Rachel to Trent)”

“Rose to Rachel: You cry you get angry then you do something about it.”

“They will hurt her just like they hurt you to get it, and I’m not going to let that happen, you dumb little shit.”

“Her elf is going to do just that,” he said, the red glow of the ever-after sun turning his hair auburn, almost as red as mine. “I did not work this hard at getting her to accept who she is to let you take your spoiled brat of a little-boy temper tantrum out on her. She stays on my side of the lines.”

“she thought I could find a way to save her soul when she died and became an undead. Right now, I was just looking to find the rent money. I’d get to my roommate’s soul later.”

“Maybe if I didn't say anything about what happened, we could get back to the way we were. Ignoring a problem was a perfectly acceptable way to deal with it, as long as both people agree never to bring it up again.”