And there are some birds that stay year-round. Sometimes when the wind is still and the cold is upon us, the quiet is so deep you can feel it in your bones.

Take it from me, anyone who lives with you is occasionally going to wonder who your liver might taste, and not because they are hungry. It comes with being a teenager – you inspire violence...

I didn’t like anyone except me having their hands all over him. There had been possession in Wolf’s touch, and Adam belonged to me.

Survivors can’t always choose their methods.

You cannot sacrifice the world for your children.

He was like Superman, but with fangs and oddly impaired morals.

Mercy,” he mumbled. “What the hell did you do to my French Roast?

I used my history degree about twice a year whether I needed to or not.

It took years.

That would have been useful, Mercy. And having something freaky and useful would have been too good and sent the spirits of evil gods on our tail.”I stared at him.

You play games with people’s lives.(…) You forget that they are fragile.

Intelligent men are dangerous.

Go on out to the address I gave you. I’m going to run the direct path and I should beat you there.”It wasn’t until then that Isaac realized Charles had begun changing to wolf. Isaac...

Anger is stupid, and stupidity will kill you more surely than your opponent’s blade.

I’m a wolf ma’am. Not a cat. I don’t play around with my prey.

I was too busy fighting the river to worry about adjusting my beliefs in accordance to reality.

Trying is always enough.

[C]hildren were a much more difficult audience than adults because no on had yet had a chance to teach them that it was better to be polite than honest.

Damn it” I said “I don’t suppose you have any ideas on how to kill Littleton” He smiled at me, his teeth very white in the darkness of his face “Eat him” he said.

Death isn’t a tragedy to God, only to those left behind.

I suppose we must work on being gracious and grateful until we can do for ourselves. Someday the wheel of fate will put us in a position to be of use to them, and we...

I need you to survive, he answered me without speaking, without looking at me. I need to know you survive.

It is the way of mortals. They fling themselves at life and emerge broken.

Nothing says you’re sorry like a dead bunny.

Civilization is vastly overrated.

The main thing to remember is that making love is at onces the silliest and the most sacred act humans can perform.

A man learns with age, if he is lucky.

Hijo de Chihuahua,” said Mary Jo.

I am the reality of all coyotes. The archetype. The epitome. You are just a reflection of me.

A king who trusts no man is weak.

Humans, werewolves, or, apparently, vampire, it doesn’t matter; get more than three of them together and the jockeying for power begins.

One of the oddest things about being grown-up was looking back at something you thought you knew and finding out the truth of it was completely different from what you had always believed. (Bone Crossed)

Um. Charles thinks that his wolf has chosen me as his mate.””In less than one full day?” It did sound dumb when he said it that way.”Yes.” she couldn’t keep the uncertainty of her her...

Trust you to quote Lancelot rather than Guinevere.

Stop that, Anna scolded him. You don’t need to hurt because I do.But I do, Charles replied, more honestly than he intended.

I’ve never seen any evidence that it’s real. But I’ve never seen anything that disproves it either. I believe the afterlife is better than what we have here—and it would take something extraordinary to make...

I’d walk barefoot over hot coals for you.

ChEEZ-zes crusty. Got Al -musty. Got DAMp on the StoneofapeaCH.

Love is not necessary for sex.

Reluctantly, I pulled out my necklace and showed it to them.Samuel frowned. The little figure was stylized; I suppose he couldn’t tell what it was at first.”A dog?” asked Zee, staring at my necklace.”A lamb,”...

And thus Charles found himself wandering around a hotel, trailing federal agents as he held a cardboard coffee cup holder in each hand, instead of out killing misbehaving werewolves.

One more month,” he said finally. “And then they—and Samuel, too—will just have to get used to it. His eye is the color of a bitch with dark chocolate, worst few years and he leaned...