Patch was in my life for a reason. I needed him. We were two halves of the same whole.

actions speak louder than words

But if I hadn't fallen, I wouldn't have met you.

Did I really want to stay on this road longer, knowing it was only going to end in devastation?

Angel... I don't think you understand the lengths I would go to if it means keeping you here with me.' -Patch (PG 262)

Tacos." "Tacos?" I echoed. This seemed to amuse him. "Tomatoes, lettuce, cheese." "I know what a taco is!

I'm not leaving until you tell me why you followed me. I know I'm a fascinating guy, but this is starting to feel like an unhealthy obsession.

Reading a good book in silence is like eating chocolate for the rest of your life and never getting fat.

You're a psychopath." "I prefer creative.

Sometimes bad things have to happen before good things can.

Being with you never felt wrong. It's the one thing I did right. You're the one thing I did right.

Nothing was ever done so systematically as nothing is being done now.

If you really have integrity, there are very few people who can insult you, or honor you.

The French are nice people. I allow them to sing and to write, and they allow me to do whatever I like.

My maternal desires are fully satisfied with my dogs.

I write, fighting for every sentence, fighting to hold the reader with every paragraph.

It is a happy woman when the spirit time is come, that finds herself in the presence of a good man.

Solitude is fine when you are at peace with yourself and have something definite to do.

I've never retired. And I've never said, "I quit."

I believe in what I do. I mean, I don't go out - I don't have the clothes or drink anymore, I don't do drugs or any of that. I used to. But I got very ready to get me out of the house.

Do what? Come up with a clever pun referencing Jerome's demonic status? The truth is, I usually keep a stash of them on hand and—