Laurell K. Hamilton Quotes

And the moment you care that much, a man has you. He owns a little piece of your soul, and he can beat you to death with it.

He's no more human than I am, ma petite." At least I'm not dead." That can be remedied.

More sex. We must have more sex.

I used to think I knew what was right and what was wrong, and who the good guys are, and who the bad guys are. Then the world got very gray, and I didn't know anything for a long time

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

If it works out, it's the best thing in the world. If it doesn't work out, it's like having your heart torn out and chopped up into little pieces while you watch. It leaves a big hollow space that never really heals.

I looked at Micah, who shrugged. I looked at Rafael, who shook his head. Nice that none of us knew why he was undressing.

Patience is a virtue, but there comes a moment when you must stop being patient and take the day by the throat and shake it. If it fights back; fine. I'd rather end up bloody at the end of the day, then unhurt with no progress made, no knowledge gained. I'd rather have a no, then nothing. I'd forgotten that about myself.

Hatred makes us all ugly.

I will bathe in your warmth ma petite. Roll you around me until my heart beats only for you. My breath will grow warm from your kiss.

If they cheat, can I shoot them?

Most women complain that there are no single, straight men left. I’d just like to meet one who’s human.

When you apologize, try not to smile at the same time. It ruins the effect

I have lived for over three hundred years. In that time, the ideal of beauty has changed many times. Large breasts, small, thin, curved, tall, short, they have all been the height of beauty at one time or another. But in all that time, ma petite, I have never desired anyone the way I desire you." - Jean-Claude

My right hand was sort of casually near my gun, without looking like I was reaching for my gun. It wasn't easy. Reaching for a gun usually looks like reaching for a gun. No one seemed to notice though. Goody for our side.

Larry is back in town...The wedding is set for October. Tammy is threatening to have me in the wedding. Some friends they are.

I don't want him hurt because he got out of hand with me." "Yet you would have shot him." I shrugged. "I never said I was consistent, just serious.

When crime busting is easier than your personal life, something has gone seriously wrong.

Some moments are perfect, and then someone comes along and f*cks it up. Ain't it always the way.

One of my favorite things about hanging out with the monsters is the healing. Straight humans seemed to get killed on me a lot. Monsters survived. Let's hear it for the monsters.

Richard was a riddle with no answer, and I was tired of playing a game I couldn't win.

There are only two kinds of vampire hunters: good ones and dead ones.

Rafael, the Rat King, stared at the carnage with black-button eyes. "She is dead." "Ding dong, the witch is dead.

I feel that if you are blessed, or lucky enough, to be doing well, you should help others.

By 17, I was submitting to publications and collecting my first rejection slips.

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

It means black kitten," I said with my pulse almost even again. Ares studied me. "And you're ok with them calling you their black kitten?" "They're wererats, Ares," I said. He frowned at me. "They're not calling me their little black rat. Think it through.

Magic, if that was the right word, often rises and falls on your own belief in your abilities. I've seen very powerful people completely crippled by self-doubt.

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 heart wants what it wants, Dolp. You don't plan on making your life complicated, it just happens,and you don"t do it on purpose, and you don't do it to hurt people who love you. It just turns out that way sometimes.

I've lost track of the number of people who want to be writers but never actually write anything. Talking about writing, dreaming about writing, can be very fun, but it won't get a book written. You've got to write

I am not a morning person.

I sat on the bed. Neither of us said anything. I wasn't slick and sophisticated enough for this. What do you say to boyfriend A when he finds you naked in the bed of boyfriend B? Especially if boyfriend A turned into a monster the night before and ate someone. I bet Miss Manners didn't cover this at all.

The fey in this country keep to themselves, and are a separate nation, much like the American Indians, but with even more autonomy.

They say not to look back, but if you’re not sure what lies ahead, what else is there but looking back?

Pretend I asked, now answer the question.

Sometimes love isn't about being smart. Sometimes it's about being stupid together.

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

Knock your bad self out.

If people would write exactly what I wanted to read I wouldn't feel so compelled to write myself

Larry's zombie bag was a nearly virulent green with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on it. I was almost afraid to ask what his vampire bag looked like.

Everyone spends their lives trying to balance their world between good and evil.

Everyone wants to grow up to be a faerie princess. Trust me, It's overrated

No 'Good evening, Jean-Claude, how are you doing?' Just down to business. How terribly rude,ma petite ." - Jean-Claude

I knew what was like to finally be seduced by the thing you hunted. Mine just happened to be a more traditional seduction. Okay, at least I was still among the living.

Death cures all ills. Well, most of them.

Never argue with your characters; they know themselves better than you do

A flower may be beautiful all on its own, but a person is never truly beautiful unless someone's eyes show him that he is beautiful.