“So, 'reaper' is really just a nice word for 'covert pervert?' Is that what you're saying?”

“I spent two hours trying to question reapers without sounding like I was questioning them. What do you think it says about us as a group, that every reaper I know is either irritable, egotistical, voyeuristic, or some combination of the three?""That you fit in well?”

“Just FYI, in your case, I think it’s okay to fear the reaper.”

“So could we please not mob the three-thousand-plus-year-old reaper like tweens at a boy-band concert?”

“He’s like the Rasputin of reapers.”

“Chocolate says "I'm sorry" so much better than words.”

“I frowned, gaping at the blond in disbelief. “You’re the grim reaper?”Tod glanced at me for the first time, his frown practically etched into place. “You wereexpecting someone older? Taller? Maybe kind of gaunt and skeletal?”Contempt dripped from his words like acid.”