“It's hard not to respond when a master of the art of kissing is laying one on you.”

“You're lips are bloody.' He seized my face in both hands and kissed me. It's hard not to respond when a master of the art of kissing is laying one on you.”

“What are you, Zen Master Fang?”

“As exits go, that's a good one." It was pretty hard to have the last word with a vampire.”

“My eyes flew open, and I pushed back against rock-hard shoulders. I let out a little squeak of horror."It's me," said a familiar voice...."Eric, what are you doing here?""Snuggling.”

“It's probably a bad indicator of your lifestyle when you miss your ex-boyfriend because he's absolutely lethal.”

“No one expected to be safe until this century, if you read a little history. Think of the thousands of years before- years with no law, when the sword ruled. No widespread system of justice; no immunizations against disease. The local lord free to kill the husbands, husbands free to rape and kill their wives. Childbirth often fatal. No antibiotics. It's only here and now that women are raised believing they'll be safe. And it serves us false. It's not true. It dulls our sense of fear, which saves our lives.”