“Elizabeth Anne TaylorApril 25, 1974 - April 25, 2004Our Sweetheart, Only resting”

“You do not go near them. You do not allow them to touch you. If one does touch you, I will eat his spine." "It's good," she commented, "that we're establishing rules. For instance, being a newcomer here, I might not understand the whole 'don't touch or be devoured' guideline..."-Prince Maltese and Lt. Anne”

“Crying's okay while it lasts, but you can only do it for so long. And it's weird to do it when you apparently can't make tears anymore (did this mean I wouldn't pee or sweat, either?). Anyway, eventually you're done, and you have to figure out what to do next.”

“You may stay. But Jessica, please watch what you say and do. Don't look them in the eyes for long. Speak only when spoken to. Yes, sir; yes, ma'am.""Sit up. Arf," I teased."What about her?" Jessica cried, pointing in my general direction. "She's more in need of an etiquette lesson than I am.""Yeah," I said, "but I'm the Queen. With a capital fucking Q. Hey, you're looking me in the eyes for too long! Eric, make her stop!”

“Fred coughed, which caused Sam and Ellie to look over at her. “Hey, Ellie. Watch this.”Mentally apologizing to her oldest friend, Fred seized Jonas by the shirt collar andheaved him out of his chair and through the (fortunately open) sliding door.Jonas was densely built (“Deliciously so,” Dr. Barb might have said over the sound ofFred’s retching), but no match for Fred’s hybrid strength, and the air velocity he achievedwas really quite something.Fred ignored his wail (“My sundaeeee!”), which became easier to do the fainter it got.”

“I ducked again as her Hellfire sword whistled over my head, and sidestepped so quickly I tripped over a chair. I was in such a hurry to scramble to my feet that for a few seconds I ran in place, like the Road Runner.”

“I'm in a Roadrunner cartoon, Sinclair. And I'm the coyote.”