939 Quotes by Laurell K. Hamilton

If it works out, it’s the best thing in the world. If it doesn’t work out, it’s like having your heart torn out and chopped up into little pieces while you watch. It leaves a big hollow space that never really heals.

Remember, no one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Eleanor Roosevelt said that. It is a quote I try to live by.

My right hand was sort of casually near my gun, without looking like I was reaching for my gun. It wasn’t easy. Reaching for a gun usually looks like reaching for a gun. No one seemed to notice though. Goody for our side.

I’d made sure I knew his name. You shouldn’t ask people to die for you if you don’t at least know their name.

Silence is not a lie. A sin of omission, but not a lie.

But if anything will turn me off, it’s a very practiced approach, as if the man has done it a thousand times before, to a lot of different women. Which always seems to imply that I am no different from all the rest. Not flattering.

If you can’t impress yourself, then no one else really matters.

I hated missing the end of anything. I was always convinced that the bit I’d miss would be the best part.

Violence has to become a part of your thinking. It makes you cautious, suspicious as hell, and lengthens your life expectancy.