“Nix: We're not leaving without her. So unless you want permanent houseguests of the destructive sort, just hand her over.”

As quoted in M. Leonard, The Chaperon and Housemother, Builders of Youth (1947), p. 51

Source: I Feel Bad about My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman

Source: A Hunger Like No Other

Source: The Mark of Athena

Source: Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist

Variant: Nïx clasped her hands over her chest, sighing, “He gave you his heart. That’s so romantic. So much better than a candy heart. Those get stuck in the fangs, you know.
Source: Lothaire

Source: "Unsafe at Any Speed or: Safe, Sane and Consensual, My Fanny", p. 14

Canto I, lines 1–3 (tr. C. E. Norton).
The Divine Comedy (c. 1308–1321), Purgatorio