I tended to be hard on the egos of a certain kind of men. The ones who normally swept women off their feet had never moved me much, because I'd always felt that if they swept me off my feet they'd practiced on a lot of women before me, and would practice more with women after me. I'd rarely been wrong on that. ~Anita Blake

Is death such a high price to pay, when you will die anyway?

Anyone who doesn't believe that the forest is a deadly place has never been lost in one.

You did not bring down two of the royal guard in an unceremonious heap because the woman in the middle tripped.

Pretend I asked, now answer the question.

There are only two things you can do when you're dressed like Barbie Does Bondage; you can be embarrassed or you can be aggressive. Guess what my choice was.

Death, jewelry, or magic; it sounded like Valentine's Day.