“Can't get away from your own self.”

“Cassel, she said, you want to know how to be the most charming guy anyone's ever met? Remind them of their favorite person. Everyone's favorite person is their own damn self.”

“No," said Luis, "You can't date the Lord of the Night Court.""Well, I'm not, he dumped me.""You can't get dumped by the lord of the night court.""Oh, yes, you can. You so completely can.”

“You can't go around making plans that have you getting killed as a by-product. Eventually one of them is going to work.”

“You have a real talent for getting your ass kicked.”

“Baby," she says in a harsh whisper, "in this world, lots of people will try to grind you down. They need you to be small so they can be big. You let them think whatever they want, but you make sure you get yours. You get yours.”

“There is something of yours that i would like to return to you . . . He leaned across the distance between them and caught her mouth with his own.”