a pink taffeta evening gown. It looked like it had run away from a junior high prom... The dress looked like a petunia on steroids to me.

I know the universe has a sense of irony, and sometimes you get reminded just how sadistic that can be.

You smell of other peoples blood, ma petite. It was no one you know. -Jean Claude and Anita

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.

The rich and powerful always seem to prefer the tops of buildings. Hasn't anyone ever explained to them that higher just means you have farther to fall? -- Anita Blake

I wasn't afraid of him anymore, because I could smell his fear. You never had to be afraid of anything that was afraid of you.

When you dance with the devil, it might as well be a devil who can give you your own corner of hell to rule.