“I'd seriously contemplated a real collar - a sparkly green one - if only because I was sure it would offend his dignity.”

“I'd seriously contemplated a real collar - a sparkly green one - if only because I was sure it would offend his dignity.”

“And they certainly wouldn’t take you along to a murder. That would be irresponsible parenting.”

“Everyone is the sum total of past experiences. A character doesn't just spring to life at age thirty.”

“What gave it away? When she loaded me bound and gagged into the back of her truck? Or when she actually said. "I'm ready to kill you and throw your body inn the swamp?"Hey for a while there, it looked like you were going to talk your way out of it. I didn't want to interfere.”

“A hand touched my shoulder, shaking me. I was back on the bus. It was dark and warm and I just wanted to sleep, but Chloe kept shaking my sho”

“Dont talk to the crazy kids. I longed to shout back that we weren't crazy. I'd mistaken her kid for a ghost, that's all.”

“If you say ‘we’re in this together,’ I’m going to hurl.”

“Demons are a very human creation. You look for ways to explain evil, and instead of seeing it in yourselves, you offload the responsibility onto monsters. The monstrous exists in the mirror, not in the sulfurous depths of some fantasy world.”

“He wet a paper towel, and took my chin, lifting and wiping my ”

“Antonio-"Just in time, Pete. Five more minutes of reading this and she'd have been in a coma."Peter-"Are we such bad company that you'd rather hide out in here reading that old thing?”

“I'd seriously contemplated a real collar - a sparkly green one - if only because I was sure it would offend his dignity.”