Quotes from G.S. Jennsen, Vertigo

Do you love me?" His voice rang flat in his own ears, deadened and weighted with the recognition there was only one chance, and a fool's chance at that

Guilt ripped into her like a rusty, serrated knife. It took up residence in her soul, settling in and getting comfortable so it could saw away ragged pieces of flesh and leave her to bleed.

He steadied himself by resting one palm on her thigh and the other on the armrest, and rose to his knees. "I'll be damned.""Possibly. But not today, I think.

If humanity is annihilated because we were too busy squabbling with one another to manage a proper stand, we probably deserve the annihilation.

She burst into her hotel room pulling her blouse over her head with one hand while she yanked her shoes off with the other. No way was she going to face an alien invasion in heels and silk.

You're insane.""It'll work.""Which does not alter the fact that you are insane.

Her weight settled on her back foot as she crossed her arms over her chest and stared at him, now legitimately baffled."How delusional are you, aliens in your head notwithstanding?