“And by golly, love sure was a battlefield. Benatar was right about that.”

“...but I was sure he'd been talking about the home of someone white, because he'd said, "All the pictures on the walls, they all white as lilies and smiling like alligators.”

“Alcide: "It's on my right butt cheek. It's shaped like a rabbit."Sookie: "I love bunnies!”

“One of the most wonderful, and the most appalling, things about Eric loving me was that he didn't give a shit about anyone else.”

“Why was it librarians had such a prim image? With all the information available in books right there at their fingertips, librarians could be the best-informed people around. About anything.”

“I knew, as sure as I knew my name, that tomorrow he would send me another coat, in a big fancy box, with a big bow on it. It would be the right size, it would be a top brand, and it would be warm................It was cranberry red, with a removable liner, a detachable hood, and tortoiseshell buttons.”

“I love him," I said, but even to my own ears I didn't sound happy about it.”