Quotes by Ilona Andrews

If I lost him here, to this idiotic fight, after I fought and guarded him for two weeks, after I cried and thought he was dying, I would find him in the afterlife and I would murder him again.

Mahons wife stared down at us. Her hands went to her hips. Which one of you idiots wants to explain to me what the hell is going on?With great effort I raised my arm and pointed in Mahons general direction. Him.

Cats randomly refuse to follow orders to prove they can.

If the sky could dream, it would dream of dragons.

Azdaha were no joke. ... Not much is known about this dragon [the aforementioned Gandarw], except that he apparently had yellow heels. I wonder why that was such an important detail. I mean if I were describing Godzilla, the color of his heels wouldn’t be the first thing I would mention.

How did the hearing go?” she asked.“We won, sort of,” Kaldar said. “We die at dawn.”“The court gave the Sheeriles twenty-four hours,” William corrected.“Yes, but ‘we die at dawn the day after tomorrow’ doesn’t sound nearlyas dramatic.”“Does it have to be dramatic all the time?” Catherine murmured.“Of course. Everyone has a talent. Yours is crocheting and mine ismaking melodramatic statements.

Very well. He sat cross-legged on the floor of the cage. You havent run off so you want to talk. I will hear your explanation now.Really, Your Majesty? So good of you to condescend. Ill try to use small words and go slow.Youre wasting my time. I know Jim betrayed me and youre covering for him. This is your chance to dazzle me wih your brillance or baffle me with your bullshit. You wont get another. When I get out, I wont be in the mood to listen.

He was going to take a dive into this lake. He just didn’t know it. Cerise rose, finding footing in the soft mud. The water came up to just below her breasts and her wet shirt stuck to her body. William’s gaze snagged on her chest. Yep, keep looking, Lord Bill. Keeeeeep looking.

a dense wall of greenery bordered it, ...an impenetrable barrier of oaks, evergreen shrubs, blackberry that somehow resisted the frost, and thorns. In the defense department, the witches would make Sleeping Beauty’s evil witch weep with jealousy.

I realized that Im a child.William looked point-blank at her chest. No.

I have a serious question.I will give a serious answer.Can a god be killed?The humor drained from Romans face. Well, that depends on if youre a pantheist or a Marxist.Whats the difference?The first believes that divinity is the universe. The two are synonymous and nonexistent without each other. The second believes in anthropocentrism, seeing man in the center of the universe, and god as just an invention of human conscience. Of course, if you follow Nietzsche, you can kill God just by thinking about him.

In my experience, the ex-military guys came in two types. The first grew long hair, sprouted beards, and indulged in all the things they hadnt been able do while theyd been in the armed forces. The second did their best to pretend they never got out.

Kaldar almost never stops and thinks about the consequences of his actions. Something is fun or not fun, and my brother’s fun often lands him in interesting places such as jails or castles belonging to California robber barons. Where other people see certain death, my brother sees an opportunity for a hilarious, thrilling adventure. But when I got the tattoo, Kaldar warned me that marrying her was a bad idea.

Have you ever met someone and felt… I dont know how to describe it, felt a chance at having something that eluded you? I dont know… Forget I said anything.I knew what he meant. He was describing that moment when you realize that you are lonely. For a time you can be alone and doing fine and never give a thought to living any other way and then you meet someone and suddenly you become lonely. It stabs at you, almost like a physical pain, and you feel both deprived and angry, deprived because you wish to be with that person and angry, because their absence brings you misery. Its a strange feeling, akin to desperation, a feeling that makes you wait by the phone even though you know that the call is an hour away. I was not going to lose my balance. Not yet.

Well, when it became obvious that magic was going to wreck the computer networks, people tried to preserve portions of the Internet. They took snapshots of their servers and sent the data to a central database at the Library of Congress. The project became known as the Library of Alexandria, because in ancient times Alexandrias library was said to contain all the human knowledge, before some jackass burned it to the ground.

Torch strode over and stared at the fiverWhats this?Some change for you. Buy your flunkies some decent clothes. I dipped my fingers into the jar and smeared think fragrant paste on my face. Torch frowned, mirroring the expression on my aunts face.Change?Oh, for crying out loud. Its money. We dont use coins as currency now, we use paper money. He stared at me. Im insulting you! Im saying your poor, like a beggar, because your undead are in rags. Im offering to clothe your servants for you, because you cant provide for them. Come on, how thick do you have to be?He jerked his hand up. A jet of flame erupted from his fingers, sliding against the ward. I jerked back from the windows on instinct. The fire died. I leaned forward. Do you understand now? More fire. Whats the matter? Was that not enough money?

There comes a point where you have to stop trying to repair yourself and accept the fact that youre broken.

Oh, Gods.His eyes shone with want and predatory satisfaction. The names William. Its a common mistake.

Ive read your summary.And?Its not incompetent.Be still, my heart, so I dont faint from such faint phrase. Did you expect it to be written in crayon?

“Everybody has something, that one thing they must do to feel happy. I think this is yours, and I want you to be happy. You don’t have to do it, but it’s here if you choose to come back to it.”