How’d you get to be so good at this?””I had a good teacher.””Better not have been Myrnin or I’ll have to kick his predatory ass.””I mean you, dummy.””Oh.

He’s not doing anything he shouldn’t be doing, right?” “Like what?””Like hitting on you.””Ew. No, of course not. He doesn’t see me that way.” Michael shook his head and went back to his coffee.”What? You...

Might as well go out flipping the bird to the powers that be killing us.

I make it my business to know everything about silver. And I saw your notes. I study up on everything when it comes to your boss, anyway.” There was a flicker of jealousy about that,...

You humans, always eating. I’ll make you soup. You can eat it while you keep working.” Myrnin set aside his book and walked into the back of the lab.”Don’t use the same beaker you used...

They came out in a dim, damp basement – a generic sort of place, full of moulding boxes. ‘You take me to the nicest places,’ Claire said, and sneezed.

It’s an illusion, control,” Naomi said. “You ought to understand that by now, young Claire. We are never in control of our destinies, even the strongest of us. All we can hope to do is...

Yeah. She’d manipulated the second most powerful vampire in town into taking her side against a psycho bitch-queen sorority girl. She’d talked rationally about putting people’s brains into computers. This was a normal day. No...

That’s it? That’s your big goodbye?” Eve asked.Claire looked at Eve mystified. “I think I need guy CliffNotes.””Guys aren’t deep enough to need CliffNotes.””What were you waiting for, flowery poetry?” Shane snorted. “I hugged. I’m...

Silence, and then Eve said, “Okay, that was extra creepy, with whipped creepy topping. And this is me, changing my mind.

He lives in a hole in the ground, dresses funny, and occasionally eats his assistants,” Eve said. “Define crazy.

If she were any friendlier, she’d be giving you a lapdance right now.

Glad it was you and not me,” Shane said, and offered Myrin a hand up. “Any brain damage?””Since the bullet actually passed through his brain, then yes, idiot boy, there’s certainly brain damage,” Oliver said....

Run first,’ Shane said. ‘Mourn later.’It was the perfect motto for Morganville.

Shane looked…pale. Pale and shaken and—how predictable was this?—pissed.

Sometime, somewhere, life always comes to a fight, and peace always comes to an end.

In her experience, groups of friends like that just didn’t open up to include underage, undersized geeks like her. They hadn’t sounded mean, they just sounded — self-confident. Something she wasn’t.

You know,” I said to Michael, “my girlfriend took him down with a broken tree branch.” “Too bad she isn’t here,” he said.

What about Myrnin?’Eve swallowed, almost choked, and Michael patted her kindly on the back. She beamed at him. ‘Myrnin? Oh yeah. He did a Batman and took off into the night. What is with that...

Morely: You’re trying to make me [i]Amelie[/i] Oliver: Goodness, no. You’d look terrible in a skirt

„What kind of stupid trip is this? So far, I’ve been assaulted, insulted, arrested, and now I’m tied to a chair by a bunch of vampires in case they crave a little O negative at...

Ah, Morganville. Where dressing to hide blood stains was just good daily planning.

Shred all that, then take the pieces to the incinerator at the end of the hall for burning. I like to be thorough.

Guys aren’t deep enough to need CliffsNotes.

That’s kind of a leap, but the Russian judge gave you a nine point five for style, so okay.

Claire found herself staring at his feet, which were in bunny slippers. Myrnin looked down. “What?” he asked. “They’re quite comfortable.” He lifted on to look at it, and the ears wobbled in the air....

An intriguing world where vampires rule, only the strongest survive, and romance offers hope in the darkest hours.

You can’t go around… licking things that come out of a water treatment plant. That’s just… unsanitary.

You’re just Little Miss Optimist, aren’t you? Do you come with accessories, like a glass half full and lemons to make into lemonade, too?

When I want to be lectured on strategy, I’ll consult someone who’s actually won battles,’ Amelie said. ‘Not one who ran away from them.”Snap,’ Eve said.’You know what they’re talking about?’ Shane asked.’Don’t need to...

Jeez, Claire. If I didn’t love you, you’d scare me.

This one is named Eve,” I said. “And don’t check my teeth like I’m your livestock. I bite back.

I can smell the crazy on that man from here. I have a nose for it.

I do hope nobody else here has any other surprises planned, because if you so much as think about harming one another, I will oblige them. This is neutral ground. Violators will be gruesomely and...

She didn’t know what Liam made his coffee with, but it had to be magical sparkles and crack beans, because it was the most delicious stuff she’d ever tasted.

Myrnin, who hadn’t said much, suddenly reached out and wrapped his arms around her. She stiffened, shocked, and for a panicked second wondered whether he’d suddenly decided to snack on her neck… but it was...

A rap at the back door made her jump, and she peered through the window for a long time before she eased open the door a crack. She left the security chain on. ‘What do...

I know you want me to feel some sympathy for them, but that’s not who I am. I care only about those I know, and even then, not all that deeply. Strangers get nothing from...

Let’s say that it belong to me as much as it belongs to anyone alive today. If I am, strictly speaking, living. The old word was undead, you know, but aren’t all living things undead....

Claire stretched out against the wall and kissed it. “Glad to see you, too,” she whispered, and pressed her cheek against the smooth surface. It almost felt like it hugged her back.”Dude, it’s a house,”...

Now play nicely, make-believe dead girl

Shane: “Score,” he said, and raised the crowbar in triumph. “Who’s your daddy?”- Black Dawn

Could you maybe not admire the evil enemy quite as much, and focus on how we’re going to get out of this?

You’ve grown up being special, and this is how most people live their lives…alone. On their own. Undecided. And they get used to that feeling. It’s just new for you.

Stop being so…””Charming?Attractive?Irresistible?”I’m going with arrogant.

Crap, are you thinking what I’m thinking?””I’m thinking we have about fifteen vampires and no blood,” Claire said. “Is that it?””No, I was thinking we’re out of chips. Of course that’s what I was thinking.

Hey, Dark Princess? Here’s your crap. Also, bite me.

Now we’re in the middle of a three-sided vampire war. Which would be an awesome video game, but I’m really not interested in playing for real. I like my reset buttons.

Welcome to Morganville.You’ll never want to leave.And even if you do…well, you can’t. Sorry about that.

I’m your worst damn nightmare, Skeletor. I’m a vampire killer with fangs and a grudge.