Quotes by Laurell K. Hamilton

Can the sarcasm, he said. Please, I always use fresh sarcasm, never canned.

I sat on the bed. Neither of us said anything. I wasnt 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 didnt cover this at all.

There had to be a circle of Hell where you were eternally fourteen, eternally in junior high. One of the lower circles.

I just dont believe in helping people who are going to torture me. Though I dont see any bamboo slivers. How can you possibly torture someone without bamboo slivers?

You cant kill us all, human. He was right. I raised the machine gun a little. True, but whos going to be first in line?

I couldnt think of anything helpful to say, so I resorted to humor, my shield of last resort. Just please tell me they dont have a dog and a picket fence.He smiled. No fence, but a dog, two dogs.What kind of dogs? I asked.He smiled and glanced at me, wanting to see my reaction. Maltese. Their names are Peeka and Boo.Oh, shit, Edward, youre joking me.Donna wants the dogs included in the engagement pictures.I stared at him, and the look on my face seemed to amuse him. He laughed. Im glad youre here, Anita, because I dont know a single other person who Id have admitted this to.

He balled his hand into a fist. You are such a bitch. Woof, woof, I said.

I dont have a master. Im not sure if I have an equal.

Im dating three men, living with two more, and having occasional sex with two others. Thats seven men. Im like a pornographic Snow White. I think seven is plenty.

He will not let you come barging in to his world like the proverbial bull in the china shop.

Im sorry I have issues with my boyfriend doing other men. Im sorry I have issues with me doing other men. Why was I always being made to feel guilty because I wasnt having sex with more people? Wasnt it supposed to be the other way around?

People are supposed to fear the unknown, but ignorance is bliss when knowledge is so damn frightening.

Most hatred is based on fear, one way or another. Yeah. I wrapped myself in anger, with a dash of hate, and at the bottom of it all was an icy center of pure terror.

Only 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.

Its better to be loved than feared, but if you cant be loved, then fear will do.-Dino quoting Machiavelli

Make them fear you. Machiavelli said it nearly six hundred years ago, but its still true. Every ruler should strive for his people to love him. But if they cannot love you, then make them fear you. Love is better, but fear will do the job.

We would never go shopping together or eat an entire cake while we complained about men. Hed never invite me over to his house for dinner or a barbecue. Wed never be lovers. But there was a very good chance that one of us would be the last person the other saw before we died. It wasnt friendship the way most people understood it, but it was friendship. There were several people Id trust with my life, but there is no one else Id trust with my death. Jean-Claude and even Richard would try to hold me alive out of love or something that passed for it. Even my family and other friends would fight to keep me alive. If I wanted death, Edward would give it to me. Because we both understand that it isnt death that we fear. Its living.

When in doubt, ignore and be horribly unimpressed

There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.

Men dont settle down because of the right woman. They settle down because they are finally ready for it. Whatever woman theyre 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.