If you love someone, truly love them, you should never cause them pain. Never fill their eyes with something so close to grief.

I don't have a master. I'm not sure if I have an equal.

Every relationship is messed up. What makes it really perfect is if you still want to be there when things suck.

Sometimes the greatest wounds are the ones we try the hardest not to inflict.

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

He said,'Trust yourself, mon ami. You are not your friend with his so-sad tale. And Anita is not human. Through us she is more than that. Both of us huddle around her humanity like it is the last candle flame in a world of darkness. But by our very love, we make her less human, and more.

I’d have much rather gotten dragged into someone else’s fight than face what was waiting for me. Other people’s emotional pain, no matter how painful, is so much less painful than your own.