“Nill illigitamus carborundum”

“There are only two kinds of vampire hunters: good ones and dead ones.”

“There are some things more important than physical survival. You gotta be able to look at yourself in the mirror.”

“It's not the fur or the fangs that make you a monster, not always. Sometimes, it's just where you draw the line.”

“Patience is a virtue, but there comes a moment when you must stop being patient and take the day by the throat and shake it. If it fights back; fine. I'd rather end up bloody at the end of the day, then unhurt with no progress made, no knowledge gained. I'd rather have a no, then nothing. I'd forgotten that about myself.”

“If I wanted death, Edward would give it to me. Because we both understand that it isn't death that we fear. It's living.”

“Twenty-three stories up and all I could see out the windows was grey smog. They could call it the City of the Angels if they wanted to, but if there were angels out there, they had to be flying blind.”