“People hate it when you call them on jackassery. That's a big fact of human nature: Not a lot of people want to be called on being assholes. They prefer to do their assholishness in the dark and cover it up with fancy words. Because they don't mind being evil - they just hate being evil where people might see.”

“People are goddamn geniuses at not seeing what they don't want to see.”

“Call them fangs, Dru. That's what they are.”

“At least you're not being attacked by vampires anymore. That's something.”

“It's easy to get rid of people, Christophe. All you have to do is rely on them.”

“I rubbed at my temple, where the zit was gone. It still hurt a little , though, deep under the skin. I hate those zits that burrow underground. You think they've vanished, but no, they just barricade themselves right next to the bone and hurt.”

“It is our honor," Amelia said, and it was the weirdest thing-it sounded like she really meant it. People don't often say exactly what they really mean.”