I loved him, but love isn't enough. All the fairy tales, the romance novels, the soap operas; they're all lies. Love does not conquer all.

When crime busting is easier than your personal life, something has gone seriously wrong.

My right hand was sort of casually near my gun, without looking like I was reaching for my gun. It wasn't easy. Reaching for a gun usually looks like reaching for a gun. No one seemed to notice though. Goody for our side.

I'd been willing to kill for the people I loved for a very long time; now I had to start living for them.

The rich and powerful always seem to prefer the tops of buildings. Hasn't anyone ever explained to them that higher just means you have farther to fall? -- Anita Blake

One serial killer sends me a human head in a box, and I get all spooked; Go figure.

If I went in the cage, I was going to end up eaten alive. That was actually one of my top five ways not to die.