The Sookie Stackhouse novels were selling well before the TV show, but the TV show led to a lot more exposure and readers. And a lot went on to read my other work. It was a wonderful thing for my bank account.

And since I’m going to be in the neighborhood, you thought I might do as an escort? To an orgy?

I would've asked him to bring a shovel and come to help me dig a body up. That was what a boyfriend should do, right?" -Sookie Stackhouse

I’d always enjoyed life, and I knew I would again. But I was going to have to slog through a lot of bad patches to get there

I could add her to the long list of people I didn't understand.

Though I was standing in front of a mirror, I wasn't really seeing my reflection. I was seeing, very clearly, that—at the moment—I was all in the world that Eric could think of as his own. I had better not fail him.

There’s no way you can kill someone and get to the other side of the experience unchanged.