Midnight Blue-Light Special

Any ending where you`re still standing on your own feet is a happy one.

Family, faith, and knives. Those are the things that last in this world. Everything else is essentially extra.

Don`t you worry about whether you failed your family. Family loves you, no matter what. Worry about whether your failed yourself. As long as the answer`s 'no', then there`s still a chance that everything else will be okay.

If wishes were horses, we`d have a way easier time feeding the chupacabras.

The question you have to ask yourself before you run away is this: am I running because I have no choice, or am I running because I`m afraid? And if I`m running because I`m afraid, will I actually escape, or will I just delay the inevitable?

Any man who doesn`t believe in carrying weapons on a first date is not a man worth knowing."

"I think letting me sleep is against their religion."
"You are their religion."
"And in their cosmology, the gods have no need for silly little things like 'sufficient rest'."

It was a stupid plan. It was a potentially suicidal plan. It was the only plan I had, and so I intended to go for it. Never allow for the possibility that you might fail, and you`ll succeed just because the universe is to embarrassed to admit that it painted you into a corner.

Never forget that I loved you, and I did the best by you I could. You can forget everything else about me, but please. Don`t forget that.

Professional dancers learn to work through pain. It`s a part of the job. We dance on sprained ankles, we dance with broken ribs, we dance on blisters and bunions and broken toes. We are expected to be beautiful machines, capable of holding our form no matter what injuries we`re hiding.

Blood is one thing, but that`s not all that goes into family. The family you choose is the family that really matters. They`re the ones who`ll keep you standing.

The trouble with the Covenant of St. George is that it encourages loyalty through ignorance, zealotry, and fear. I wonder sometimes... what would they have accomplished if they`d tried doing it all with love?

The worst thing in the world is burying family. The second worst thing is telling somebody else that they`ll have to do it.

Blood is thicker than water, but family isn`t just about blood. Family is about faith, and loyalty, and who you love. If you don`t have those things, I don`t care what the blood says. You`re not family.

"She`s not necessarily evil. Just misguided."
"I`m on her magical hunter 'kill it on sight' list, so I think I get to call her evil if I want to," Sarah countered.

"Do you love him?"
"That is a large and complicated question, affected by a great many outside factors, most of which are beyond my control."

Nobody loves you like family. Nobody hates you like family, either. That`s why it`s so important for us to stick together. If we don`t, we`re going to wind up hunting each other down.

"Why would they hurt me? They think I`m one of them."
"Are you?"
Another smile crossed his face. This one was sadder, and died even faster than its predecessor. "I don`t know, Verity. I wish I did."

I know that we`re supposed to be the better people and all, but sometimes I just want to stop playing nice and start playing for keeps.

Don`t be careful. Be courageous. Don`t be safe. Be strong. Don`t be a victim. Be the one who makes it home.