You awful hard to kill, Anita.' 'There's a first time, Luther, and that's all it takes.

My boyfriends are all more romantic than I am, and so are my lovers.

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

If I let you get killed, the other body guards will make fun of me.

She stared up at me, and there was something in her eyes, something that said we finally had an understanding. She was afraid of me, and sometimes that’s the best you can do with people. I’d tried kindness. I’d tried friendship. I’d tried respect. But when all else fails, fear will do the job.

Pity is an emotion that can get you killed. The only thing more dangerous is blind hate, and maybe love.

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