“Shane, honey, in Morganville, friends are the only things that keep you alive.”

“Bite Me!-Shane Collins to Eve Rosser.The Morganville Vampire Series”

“Run first,' Shane said. 'Mourn later.'It was the perfect motto for Morganville.”

“Shane said, "Don't worry. I'll protect you."Claire hit him in the shoulder. "I don't need you to protect me.""Then why am I going first?""So you can take the first punch while I throw the second?""So I'm bait? Ouch. You've been in Morganville way too long, girl.”

“You want to go play with your new friends back there? The really pale ones with the taste for plasma? --Shane”

“In this whole screwed up town, you're the only thing that's always been right to me," He whispered. "I love you, Claire" said Shane.”

“You know what we call pedestrians in Morganville? Mobile bloodbanks.”