Quotes by Kelley Armstrong

So, is it too young for you?He leaned over, lips coming to mine, arms pulling me into a kiss, soft at first, tentative, then ... wow. The guy could kiss. I finally had to pull back to catch my breath.Good answer? he said.Yep. You like them y

In the meantime, I’ll get a job. I’ll pay my own way.” “A job?” “Mmm, yeah. It’s that thing people do to make money.

A hand touched my shoulder, shaking me. I was back on the bus. It was dark and warm and I just wanted to sleep, but Chloe kept shaking my sho

Tell me half a cup’s worth of story and we’ll call it a night.

Mom says crap like that comes from people whove accomplished so little in life that they feel the need to lift themselves above someone, anyone. So they pick skin color or religion or sexual orientation and say, Well, I might not be much, but at least Im not a... Id look at those guys, and see the truth of her words.

I make the choice because it is one I can live with.

As a vampire, you must accept that every person you ever know will die, and you are the only constant in your life, the only person you can—and should—rely on.

I used to think that once we started going out, Derek would change. When I admitted that to Tori, she nearly laughed herself into an aneurysm and gave me a lecture on the stupidity of expecting to change a guy. Maybe I didn’t have her dating experience, but I knew you didn’t go out with someone because you thought you’d change him. That wasn’t what I’d meant. I liked Derek the way he was. I’d just hoped getting closer would mean landing on the sharp side of his tongue less often.

...ethics were in most cases a burden that could be reasonably ignored in pursuit of necessity.

I started rubbing my temples and she suggested I dont really get headaches. It just hurts me to think.

Picture a place called the Karma Kafe and itll save me the bother of describing it. There was nothing in it you wouldnt expect, from the Buddha flowerpots to the wallpaper decorated with symbols that probably said, If you bought this just because it looked pretty, may Buddha piss in your coffee, you culturally ignorant moron.

Schizo. It didnt matter how many times Dr. Gill compared it to a disease or physical disability, it wasnt the same thing. It just wasnt. I had schizophrenia. If I saw two guys on the sidewalk, one in a wheelchair and one talking talking to himself, which would I rush to open a door for, and which would I cross the road to avoid?

She looked at me again, and the sweet and shy Nicole disappeared. Her eyes b

I signed off with Ricky, and I was putting away my phone when TC slunk past, heading for his spot in the front window.Hey, cat, I said. Were bringing home a friend for you. A doggie big enough to devour you in a single gulp. Is that okay?He turned a baleful stare on me, as if he understood. Im convinced TC isnt just a cat, no more than Lloergan is just a dog. Maybe someday, when Im moments from perishing at the hands of an intruder, TC will save me in a sudden and awe-inspiring display of supernatural power. Or maybe hell decide I havent given him enough tuna that week and leave me to my fate. Hes a cat, so I figure my chances are about fifty-fifty.

Why is it that every time a girl says a guy is bothering her, its fluffed off with oh, he just likes you, as if that makes it okay?

My fourteen-year-old sister Lara is a brat. Unfortunately, no one sees it but me. To everyone else, she’s adorable. She’s tiny and blonde and sweet and as helpless as a kitten. Chloe reminded me of Lara, at first. The difference, as I discovered, is that Chloe really is as sweet as she seems and she isn’t as helpless as she looks.

Urban survival rule 22: Never annoy an armed man.

If I was crazy, would I know it? Thats what being crazy was, wasnt it? You thought you were fine. Everyone else knew better.

What gave it away? When she loaded me bound and gagged into the back of her truck? Or when she actually said. Im ready to kill you and throw your body inn the swamp?Hey for a while there, it looked like you were going to talk your way out of it. I didnt want to interfere.

Demon possession strains the boundaries of credulity, given the sheer number of times it seems to happen. One would really hope demons had better things to do with their time.