“I hadn’t crossed the line. I’d ridden an elephant up to it and run back and forth along its edge while a mariachi band played in the background, but I hadn’t crossed it.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Binds
“No. I don't go through your things. I just come once in a while to make sure you're in one piece. I like knowing you're safe, asleep in your bed. I haven't stolen anything…”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Strikes
“Curran and I mixed about as well as glycerin and nitric acid: put us together, shake a bit, and hit the deck as we exploded.”Ilona Andrews
“One doesn’t let her fiancé fight a horde of ghouls by himself. Some things were just not done.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Shifts
“Did the Order return your sense of humor as part of the severance package?”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Slays
“It could be worse," he said finally. "Efrenia married an arsonist. Jake's wife is a kleptomaniac. I suppose, a psychopathic spree killer isn't that odd of a choice, considering.”Ilona Andrews Source: Bayou Moon
“I can buy your contract.” “No, you can’t. Any sale of our mortgage requires my consent, and I won’t consent to it.” He grinned. “You don’t want to work under me?” “I’m not even going to dignify that with an answer.”Ilona Andrews Source: Burn for Me
“Kate had never met a person she didn't want to protect, preferably by hacking at the hostile parties with her sword.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Mourns
“Yep.” Eloquence ’R’ Us. When in trouble, keep it monosyllabic—safer that way.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Strikes
“The door swung open and Kate walked in. Her jeans and T-shirt were splattered with blood and she was carrying a severed vampire head. The T-shirt has a smiley face on it.”Ilona Andrews Source: Gunmetal Magic
“You replaced me with a shaved poodle?”“He’s got mad skills.”Derek’s eyebrows crept up.“He can vomit and urinate at the same time and he doesn’t make fun of my car.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Bleeds
“Everyone had a weakness. It was the law of nature that for each being there was a predator, or a disease, or a vulnerability built into their very core.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Bites
“She who showed weakness to teenagers would be picked on to death. True fact of life.”Ilona Andrews Source: Burn for Me
“I raised my foot and deliberately stomped on the bridge. "This is my foot. I put it down. Deal with it.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Breaks
“You call that evening the odds? You demolished them."Demolished. He liked that. "I left you one.""I noticed.""I promised to share," he told her. "Manners are very important in the Weird. Lying would be quite impolite.”Ilona Andrews Source: Bayou Moon
“Some women waited for a night in shining armor. She, apparently, had ended up with a knight in black jeans and leather, who wanted to chase her down and have his evil way with her.”Ilona Andrews Source: Bayou Moon
“Juke glanced into her cup before tipping it down to her mouth. "Screw you!""Now come on, sugar, you know I don't swing that way.""Whatever!”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Bleeds
“Hugh should’ve brought a banner with I AM BAD stitched on it in gold.”Ilona Andrews Source: Magic Breaks