" When I was a child, which was a shorter period of time for me than it was for most people, my mother sometimes implied that she might take me with her if she decided to consummate her romance with Death. My mother is beautiful, and to anyone who never lived with her, she seems to be a genteel and pleasant lady, if slightly aloof. "

― Dean Koontz , Odd Thomas: You Are Destined To Be Together Forever (Odd Thomas, #0)