939 Quotes by Laurell K. Hamilton

Sometimes it’s 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 didn’t feel hopeless. It felt reassuring. It felt – real.

There had been two dates between us. Mistake. It made working together more awkward, and he couldn’t cope with me being a female version of him. He had this old southern idea of what a lady should be. A lady should not carry a gun and spend most of her time covered in blood and corpses. I had two words for that attitude. Yeah, those are the words. There.

The second you stop questioning yourself is the second that you become the monster. -Merry.

Just another day in my life. This was one of those days when I thought that maybe a new life, a different life, wouldn’t be so bad. But where the hell had I put the receipt, and could you return something that was over twenty years old? Where do you go to get a new life when your old one has you so puzzled you don’t know how to fix it? Wish I knew.

I was shaking all over, and it wasn’t from the vampire. Memories have teeth, too.

I’m not terribly fond of soapboxes.

I love animals, always have, and it seemed natural to help the ASPCA. Animals have no voice of their own, so we have to be that voice.

If you’re dressed for my funeral, it’s too casual. If it’s just street clothes, then you must be scaring the tourists.

When you spend all your time worrying that the devil is right behind you, eventually you start seeing him whether he’s there or not.