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

“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.”

“Ah, Morganville. Where dressing to hide bloodstains was just good daily planning.”

“And that, Claire thought, was why Morley had been right about this, even if he was a complete vampire aboutit.You had to save what you could.Amelie had understood that all along, Claire realized. That was why Morganville existed. Because you had totry.”

“No way they could threaten him, not even with Amelie; he'd already given Amelie the finger on the way out of Morganville and he clearly wasn’t worried about her coming after him— or, if so, what would happen when she did.”