939 Quotes by Laurell K. Hamilton

Among the fey it was impolite to ask why a person was having hysterics. Hell, sometimes it was considered impolite to notice they were having hysterics at all. Usually that was for ruling royalty, though. Everyone had to pretend that the king or queen wasn’t bug nuts. Mustn’t admit that centuries of inbreeding had done any damage.

My Spidey-sense had been tingling since I found the empty car. Sometimes it’s not paranoia; it’s just the truth.

Should I eat first or accuse the Master of the City of murder? Choices, choices. -Anita.

I wasn’t like most girls.

I could probably have made the head shot from the railing, but with an unfamiliar gun, it was too risky. I didn’t want to accidentally shoot the woman in the head. Killing the hostage is always frowned upon.

No one had said anything, or even lifted an eyebrow at me; sometimes it’s just the inside of your own head that is the problem.

Nothing cuts deeper than when another person says exactly what you’re afraid to say out loud.

Sociopaths spend their lives studying people, because we have to imitate things we don’t understand, or feel, to blend in. It makes us some of the most observant people on the planet.

I started off like everyone else does, slogging but having a compulsion to put words on paper. I didn't write or read horror or fantasy, other than children's fantasy, until I was in my teens.