"The thing I'd locked up under the circle had been quiet since the night I had sealed it into a spirit-prison, but when it came to entombing a fallen angel, I was pretty sure that there was no such thing as too much caution." (Chapter 5. p. 35)

"Better to have the magical arsenal and not need it, than to not have it and get killed to death." (Chapter 7, p. 51)

"It's an incredibly complex system of interweaving energy that influences good old Mother Earth around us, but it all boils down to a fairly simple concept: Shit happens." (Chapter 9, p. 71)

"Every time I thought I had gotten through my orphan baggage, something like this came up." (Chapter 11, p. 88)

"I'd managed to survive the beatings thanks to good luck, determined friends, and an evil faerie godmother, but I figured that sooner or later my luck would run out, and I'd find...