Ma petite is not a subtle woman. Unless you say it, she will not understand it.

Sometimes it's not the optimist you need, but another pessimist to walk beside you.

I'd killed him in the end, but revenge only makes things all better in the movies. In real life, once the villain is dead the trauma lives on inside the victims.

Nothing turns to hate so bitter as what once was love.

Sometimes you fight what you are, and sometimes you give in to it. And some nights you just don’t want to fight yourself anymore, so you pick someone else to fight.

If you love someone, truly love them, you should never cause them pain. Never fill their eyes with something so close to grief.

The true way to a man's heart is six inches of metal between his ribs." You have to love Anita Blake.