“Are you still upset I murdered our parents? - Tommy to Danny”

“I smiled, trying to look harmless.“Don't do that. You'll freak everyone out,” he ordered.I dropped my smile.“Now you look like you want to eat everyone.”“I do.”“I should smack you.” He looked back at the humans. (Tommy & Danny)”

“I would like it very much if you pulled on something of mine.” Kale”

“All right,” he muttered and threw his legs over the side of the bed. He pinched the bridge ofhis nose, squeezing his eyes shut. “Did anyone call VF?”“No, we didn't want to get busted,” the short, stocky human replied.“Good, go downstairs and tell everyone it’s cool. He won't hurt anyone. He's like a pettiger.”“Tigers eat people,” the short, stocky human said.“Only if you piss him off, so don't give him a reason.”

“Safe?” Her voice was small, timid and delicate. But beautiful. The one word chimed like little bells. Her first word spoken to me.”

“If you still persist in writing, "Good food at it's best", you deserve to be struck by lightning, hacked up on the spot and buried in an unmarked grave.”

“No matter that you have a PhD and have read all of Henry James twice. If you still persist in writing, "Good food at it's best", you deserve to be struck by lightning, hacked up on the spot and buried in an unmarked grave.”