“Walk softly and carry a big stick. Or stomp loudly and carry enough firepower to start a small war. Whatever worked”

“I figured even the most jaded and cynical inhabitant might report a bloody girl in a party dress carrying a severed head by its hair.”

“You gonna put on your big-girl panties and fight with the boys, now?” He looked over his shoulder as if he expected me to blush or something.“Who says I wear panties?”I was certain that he flushed red this time. Laughing, I left him shaking his head and went on inside to find the Kid. We had work to do.”

“Back to work. If I’m [writing] I’m not thinking about the crazy.”

“Yeah. You treat him like a son or a soldier, instead of like a brother. He wants you to like him and admire him and love him. Maybe in that order.”

“Beast had once informed me that humans were hunters only by luck and because they had opposable thumbs.”

“It looked to me like a vamp version of a pissing contest. Men will be boys.”