Sex was never as neat as the movies made it. Real sex was messy. Good sex was messier.

The second you stop questioning yourself is the second that you become the monster. -Merry

Love sucks. Sometimes it feels good. Sometimes it's just another way to bleed.

Power makes you a monarch, and all the fancy robes in the world won't do the job without it.

We are not made up only of our light and happiness but also of darkness and sorrow. To deny the darkness of yourself is to deny half of who you are, and when you love, truly love, you need to love the whole person not just the part that smiles and waves, but the part that thinks murderous thoughts and knows that pain is both pleasure and temptation, but still thinks puppies are really cute.

I know you can throw holy water on the vampire, but I didn't know you could throw the host." (Sheriff St. John) I had to smile. "They aren't like little holy grenades. I want the host to give to the Quinlans so they can put one at every windowsill, every doorsill." (Anita Blake)

Would you truly sleep with strangers?" "I don't know, I haven't met the strangers yet.