Quotes by Laurell K. Hamilton

Vampires are people too!

Why does anger makes people pretty? Rage doesnt. Rage makes you ugly, but a little anger, that just seems to add spice. One of natures cruelties, or maybe its to keep us from killing each other more often.

Lastly, people seemed to think that morality was the same thing as being politically correct, and it wasnt. Some of the most deeply moral people I knew were least politically correct, because they actually worried about good and evil, not just what they were told was good or bad.

Edward leaned close and whispered in my ear so that Olaf would think he was whispering sweet nothings, but what he what he actually said, was, We arent the good guys, Anita. Were the necessary guys.

Because everything worth having hurts.

...on the job there was nothing but the job. You left the shit outside the door. You could always pick it up on your way back out.

Sometimes its not the optimist you need, but another pessimist to walk beside you and know, absolutely know, that the sound in the dark is a monster, and it really is as bad as you think. Did that sound hopeless? It didnt feel hopeless. It felt reassuring. It felt - real.

I spend most of my waking hours confronting and destroying things that I fear. A thousand-year-old master vampire was a tall order, but a girls got to have a goal.

The rich and powerful always seem to prefer the tops of buildings. Hasnt anyone ever explained to them that higher just means you have farther to fall? -- Anita Blake

He squeezed my shoulder and smiled at me.I realized that I hadnt kissed him hello, I always kissed him hello. Of course, I was still covered in blood and other bodily fluids, and none of them were his, but he might not understand that that was why I hadnt wanted to get too close. Some of my confusion must have shown on my face, because his smile widened. He turned me around by the shoulders, gave me a little push towards the bathroom, and slapped me on the ass. Get cleaned up, Ill take care of things here.I cant believe that you just did that, I said.Did what? he said, and he was grinning at me.I could probably count on one hand the number of times Micah had grinned at me. His eyes were sparkling with laughter as if it were all he could do not to let it out. I was happy to see him having a good time, really I was. But I wasnt sure what was funny, and I didnt have the courage to ask. It was probably something that would be at my expense, or something Id just done that he found cute. I was not cute. Confused, fucked-up, bruised, but not cute. Nathaniel and Damian knew better, but as I passed Gregory, I had to say, If you touch my ass, I will rip you a new one. I said it as I moved past him, not even pausing.Youre no fun, he growled.I looked back just before I turned out of sight of him. Oh, Im a lot of fun, just not around you.He snarled at me. Bitch.Woof, woof, I said, and finally made it into the bathroom.

Sometimes it would be nice not to have to do my best. Sometimes it would just be nice not to have a crisis to deal with. - Anita Blake

Vampires were always either trying to kill me, or own me. God I hated being popular.

The Catholic Church sees voluntary vampirism as a kind of suicide. I tend to agree. Though the Pope also excommunicated all animators, unless we ceased raising the dead. Fine; I became Episcopalian.

What do you do with a master vampire that wont leave you alone? Good question. Unfortunately, what I needed was a good answer.

The sunken grave would fade away, probably in my lifetime. If I could avoid killer zombies for a few years. And vampires. And gun-toting humans. Oh, hell, the hot-spot would probably outlast me.

I worry that when you start quoting Machiavelli to justify your actions, you have ceased to be one of the good guys.

I shook my head. Im good, Nicky helped.Nicky looked at Edward. Shes having one of those what-if-killing-feels-really-good, doesnt-that-make-me-a-bad-person moments. Edward nodded as if that made perfect sense. Then it feels good. We cant really control what flips our switch; dont judge it, Anita, and just accept it.I wanted to argue, but it would have been beyond stupid to argue with the two sociopaths in my life. Why do I have moral quandary questions with the two of you?Because you dont really have moral quandaries about violence, Anita, but youre afraid of being judged for enjoying it, so you only bring it to the two people in your life who wont judge you. I wanted to argue with Edward, but I couldnt. Well, fuck.

Perfect, complete, needing nothing, simply all there was, was the dark.

I’m Christian, but if God is truly a God of love, then why would he have a private torture chamber where he put people that he was supposed to love and forgive to be punished forever? If you actually read the Bible, the idea of hell like in the movies and most books was invented by a writer. Dante’s Inferno was ripped off by the Church to give people something to be afraid of, to literally scare people into being Christian.

Sticks and stones will break your bones, but failure will get you killed.