Fear will bind you closer than love, or hate, and it works a hell of a lot quicker.

One thing I've learned about vampires--they keep pulling new rabbits out of their cloaks. Big, fanged, carnivorous bunnies that'll eat your eyeballs if you're not paying attention.

If you keep a gun in your purse, you get killed, because no woman can find anything in her purse in under twelve minutes. It's a rule.

You walk like a duck with a wet diaper on.'' Anita Blake Vampire Hunter

I'd made sure I knew his name. You shouldn't ask people to die for you if you don't at least know their name.

Tell that to the BTK killer,” I said. “He was a churchgoer, raised two kids, married, and resisted the urge to kill for decades. He was a person, but he was a monster, too

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