There comes a point when you either embrace who and what you are, or condemn yourself to be miserable all your days. Other people will try to make you miserable; don't help them by doing the job yourself.

murder takes presedence over watching my boyfriend strip" -ID, Anita to Nathaniel

He didn't look the least bit tired. A morning person, even after no sleep at all. It was disgusting.

The fey in this country keep to themselves, and are a separate nation, much like the American Indians, but with even more autonomy.

Men don't settle down because of the right woman. They settle down because they are finally ready for it. Whatever woman they're dating when they get ready is the one they settle down with, not necessarily the best one or the prettiest, just the one who happened to be on hand when the time got to be right. Unromantic, but still true.

It was as if the power and loneliness of the vampires' world had combined with the group oriented puppy-pile world of the shapeshifters and made something new.

You fight so hard, so long, to cut someone out of your heart, but it’s not always your heart that betrays you.