"Having engaged in vigorous and passionate debate while on their honeymoon trip from New York, they had arrived at the startling—and rather liberating—conclusion that the marriage itself was not at all necessary. Stanton no longer had a name to give, and taking Emily’s would have involved all the tedium of authority and nonsense they’d hoped to avoid. So, in the end, he had returned to her the simple gold band she had worn for so long, sliding it onto the ring finger of her new right hand. And she had given him a soft slow kiss. They were the only vows required."

“Zombies are soulless creatures, and being soulless has been empirically proven to result in an unpleasant disposition.”

“Emily stared into the middle distance, trying to ignore the fact that the men were looking at her like a cupcake on a plate.”

“In New Bethel, we take the word serious. We whip whores, we hang thieves, and we burn sorcerers.”

““Ever mind the Rule of Three...Three times what thou givest returns to thee.”

“Nothing is ever what you want it to be. The harder you grab for it, the more deeply it cuts. And it mocks you for being foolish enough to reach for it at all. You come to fear touching anything at all, because you know that if you do, it will become terrible.”

“Emily pounded on the door, assuming it would do no good, but finding the act of pounding very satisfying indeed.”