That's what you get for telling the truth. Someone calls you a liar. Most people will accept a likely lie to an unlikely truth. In fact, they prefer it.
Laurell K. HamiltonSome wounds cut us so deep that they stop us. Stop us from letting go, from growing up, from seeing the truth.
Laurell K. HamiltonI thought of several alec smart remarks, but you should humor crazy people when you're at their mercy; it's a rule.
Laurell K. Hamiltona 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.
Laurell K. HamiltonI like conventions. I like meeting and greeting. I'm perched on that edge where I'm getting more attention than I quite know what to do with, though.
Laurell K. HamiltonI talk to myself everyone once in a while. Give myself very good advice. Sometimes I even take it.
Laurell K. HamiltonAnyone who doesn't believe that the forest is a deadly place has never been lost in one.
Laurell K. HamiltonOnly those who have never known fear are allowed to think less of others for being afraid. Frankly, I think anyone who has never been afraid of anything in their entire life is either a liar or lacks imagination.
Laurell K. HamiltonThe ratman froze, staring at me. "Why are you laughing?" His voice held just a hint of unease. Good. I was hoping that the vampires would come for me soon and save me. You've got to admit that's funny.
Laurell K. HamiltonA vampire victim. I'd never seen a lone kill. They were like potato chips; once a vamp tasted them, he couldn't stop at just one.
Laurell K. HamiltonIโd have much rather gotten dragged into someone elseโs fight than face what was waiting for me. Other peopleโs emotional pain, no matter how painful, is so much less painful than your own.
Laurell K. HamiltonNo name-calling truly bites deep unless, in some dark part of us, we believe it. If we are confident enough then it is just noise.
Laurell K. HamiltonJean-Claude gave a low theatrical bow, never taking his eyes from her. "After you, my sweet. A lady should always walk before a gentleman, never behind.
Laurell K. HamiltonI love animals, always have, and it seemed natural to help the ASPCA. Animals have no voice of their own, so we have to be that voice
Laurell K. HamiltonWhen sex is necessary for the plot of a book, or a character development, then I don't shy away from it. Why should I?
Laurell K. HamiltonI'm pro-choice because I've never been a fourteen-year-old incest victim pregnant by her father, or a woman who's going to die if the pregnancy continues, or a rape victim, or even a teenager who made a mistake. I want women to have choices, but I also believe that it's a life, especially once it's big enough to live outside the womb.
Laurell K. HamiltonSurely being in love doesn't cause you to lose your sense of good taste. If I ever buy a gown with sequins on it, someone just shoot me.
Laurell K. HamiltonI could probably have made the head shot from the railing, but with an unfamiliar gun, it was too risky. I didn't want to accidentally shoot the woman in the head. Killing the hostage is always frowned upon.
Laurell K. HamiltonWho would have ever thought I'd be afraid of a zombie, any kind of zombie? Nicely ironic that.
Laurell K. HamiltonFear will bind you closer than love, or hate, and it works a hell of a lot quicker.
Laurell K. HamiltonWhat happens in Vegas may stay in Vegas, but what happens in New Orleans, goes home with you.
Laurell K. HamiltonSomehow I think Trophy Wives wear more makeup and less cutlery. But hey, I haven't ever met a Trophy Wife, maybe I'm wrong. Maybe they know what I know, that the true way to a man's heart is six inches of metal between his ribs.
Laurell K. HamiltonIf 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.
Laurell K. HamiltonVampires were always either trying to kill me, or own me. God I hated being popular.
Laurell K. HamiltonAll I really wanted to do was cuddle back under the blankets, maybe with a certain stuffed toy penguin I knew. Yeah, hiding sounded good.
Laurell K. Hamiltonthe pain of that first lost was still raw. You could deal with it, endure it, but never escape it.
Laurell K. HamiltonIt was like noticing the sun. You couldn't help but see it, to turn to face the heat of it, to bask in the glory of it. But often when the sun is high in the sky, the moon is up there, too. A dim memory of what she will be in the night, but there, nonetheless, dim and misty, hard and white. At night, there is only the moon, the sun is nowhere to be seen. There are no distractions when the moon rules the sky.
Laurell K. HamiltonEdward's grief if you die will be a terrible thing. It will hurt him, a lot, and men like him never grieve alone. He will spread his grief all over us, not because we failed, but because it'll give him something to focus on so he doesn't have to feel the pain.
Laurell K. HamiltonGive a truly good person power, and theyโre still a good person. Give a bad person power, and theyโre still a bad person. The question is always about the person in between. The one that isnโt evil, or good, but just ordinary. You donโt always know what an ordinary person is like on the inside.
Laurell K. HamiltonI had been downright paranoid all afternoon, aware of everyone near me. By the time I went for the car, my neck and shoulders were knotted into one painful ache. The most frightening thing I'd seen all afternoon had been the prices on the designer clothing.
Laurell K. HamiltonGiving up something that no longer serves a purpose, or protects you, or helps you, isnโt giving up at all, itโs growing up.
Laurell K. Hamiltontrust me, Anita, if you get dead, especially if he blames himself in any way, he will be a force of destruction looking for a place to be aimed. And he's blamed himself for introducing you to Olaf here from the get-go. If Olaf did to you what he's done to some of his other victims, Edward would drown the world in blood to erase those images.
Laurell K. Hamilton