“That settles it, no more books about vampire before bedtime.”

“You don't think I'm going to deflower you under your father's roof, do you?”

“A vampire is branding girls, okay?" I ignored his refusal. "Something about that just feels wrong to me.""I would hope so.”

“I hugged her because she was proof that Luke had good taste in women and he had settled on me which said a lot about both of us.”

“You want enough to fill you up. You want more cocaine and more vodka. You want more of all of them, of men, of the things that stick out of them, egos and Marlboro reds and dirty words about banging your perfect ass.”

“Love, really? We're vampires, not teenagers. Lust is for the weak.”

“Silence then, "Are you smashed?""Completely and totally.""What are you wearing?""Who cares?""I do.""Why?""'Cause you're smashed, you been with your girls, you somehow got riled up about somethin' and once I settle you down about whatever's aggravating you, I'm gonna rile you up a different way.”