“Would you truly sleep with strangers?" "I don't know, I haven't met the strangers yet.”

“The police await us, our men stand in the cold, and you don't like your coat! Such delicate sensibilities for someone who just fucked a stranger on the floor in front of us all!”

“Somehow I think Trophy Wives wear more makeup and less cutlery. But hey, I haven't ever met a Trophy Wife, maybe I'm wrong. Maybe they know what I know, that the true way to a man's heart is six inches of metal between his ribs.”

“I had to practice this line to use with people who come to signings and things: ‘I’m sorry, I don’t have sex with strangers.’ --Laurell K. Hamilton, www.locusmag.com/2000/Issues/09/Hamil...”

“I don't want him hurt because he got out of hand with me.""Yet you would have shot him."I shrugged. "I never said I was consistent, just serious.”

“It makes me nervous when you keep answering all my questions with 'I don't know.' ""Me, too," I said.”

“I'd made sure I knew his name. You shouldn't ask people to die for you if you don't at least know their name.”