“You can have all the wine and dragons that my money can buy. That’s what the old woman told me, and I listened.”

“What does not destroy me, makes me stronger.' Yeah, right Nietzsche. And who does not drive you crazy, can't steal your job and make you act stupid?”

“Lucifer looked over her shoulder. “What?”Dahlia cleared her throat. “You stupid bitch, I hate you and love you. Do not wear anything Patience gave you, it’s all ugly. I am going to write on every single blank page. Ha-ha! Love, the Faithful slut.”Lucifer scowled. “That person was mean to you.”Dahlia grinned. “No way, Faith was funny. I was the bitch, she was the slut, and Patience was the crack whore.”

“Things aren't always what they appear,' he said softly, yet his voice carried a grim authority. 'I've spent my life searching for the ultimate, the best. All that is rare, unique, different, special. And of all I've experienced, people are the most disappointing.”

“...you were a genius and a fool. A genius for what you were capable of doing and a fool for what you did.”

“It does sound too easy, doesn't it? But if a man keeps saying, "I want you," a naive girl is drawn in by the ego-trip of her own desirability. The man need not be particularly attractive in himself. It's the girl's vulnerability which traps her. A student from a co-ed school would laugh it off unless she was truly attracted,”

“I do not find it easy to talk to people I don't know.”