1,024 Quotes by Ilona Andrews

An unit is only as good as its leader. That’s why a good leader holds herself to the highest standard. It’s not about being liked or being fair. It’s about deciding what your goal is and doing what is necessary to achieve it. Especially when it’s difficult.

Ghastek stood by the floor-to-ceiling window, sipping coffee from a white mug that read, Graveyard Shift: We do it in the dark.

How is it that I could run into a gunfight against overwhelming odds and put myself between bullets and civilians, but I couldn’t scrape together enough courage to speak to the one person who mattered the most to me?

Why the rifle? Everybody knows you can’t shoot.” Who were these everybodies and would they like to stand in front of me, preferably within ten feet, so I could discuss this issue in greater detail? “I can shoot just fine.” I just missed eighty percent of the time.

It was the kind of sky that called space pirates to their ships.

Marten blinked at me and said in a hushed voice, “Why are we hiding in the bathroom?” “We are not hiding. We’re executing an evasive maneuver.

Keeping you safe keeps me in shape.

The relationship might have meant nothing to him, but it was my first. I hadn’t known it was necessary to guard myself against committing completely. I didn’t realize it was doomed from the start. I just fell in love.

You know my price,” he told her. Elara leaned back and crossed her arms, her face iced over. “Really?” “The whole thing. You’ll put it in your mouth and you’ll swallow.” What? “The whole thing?