“Of course, if we were lucky, we wouldn't be getting chased by an army of zombies through the quarantine area that used to be downtown Santa Cruz. We'd be somewhere safer, like Bikini Atoll just before the bomb testing kicked off.”

“Just remember, if the world didn't suck, we'd all fall off"- Cruz”

“If we try to resolve terrorism with military might and nothing else, then we will be no safer than we were before 9/11. If we truly want a legacy of peace for our children, we need to understand that this is a war that will ultimately be won with books, not with bombs.”

“It's like getting the best Christmas gift ever, but Santa decided to kick the crap out of you before you unwrapped it.”

“People are fond of using military terms to describe what they do.We call it bombing when we go out painting, when of course it's morelike entertaining the troops in a neutral zone, during peacetime in acountry without an army.”

“You’re just lucky you got your bag back,” said Cruz gravely.Megan snorted,“ Cruz is more impressed with Gucci than he is with a supernatural being! ”“Honey,” Cruz snapped, “Gucci is supernatural!”