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Laurell Kaye Hamilton is an American fantasy and romance writer. She is best known as the author of two series of stories.

Her New York Times-bestselling Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series centers on Anita Blake, a professional zombie raiser, vampire executioner and supernatural consultant for the police, which includes novels, short story collections, and comic books. Six million copies of Anita Blake novels are in print. Her Merry Gentry series centers on Meredith Gentry, Princess of the Unseelie court of Faerie, a private detective facing repeated assassination attempts. Both of these fantasy series follow their protagonists as they gain in power and deal with the dangers of worlds in which creatures of legend live.

Hamilton is generally considered one of the most influential writers in the history of paranormal fiction. Several media outlets, including USA Today, Entertainment Weekly, and Time have identified her works as significant contributions to the development of the urban-fantasy genre. Wikipedia  

✵ 19. February 1963
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Bullet
Bullet
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Guilty Pleasures
Guilty Pleasures
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Narcissus in Chains
Narcissus in Chains
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Bullet
Bullet
Laurell K. Hamilton
Guilty Pleasures
Guilty Pleasures
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Narcissus in Chains
Narcissus in Chains
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Laurell K. Hamilton: 261 quotes12 likes

Famous Laurell K. Hamilton Quotes

“More than life, more than honor, I love thee."

More than any crown or throne or title, I love thee. More than any power in faerie, I love thee.”

Laurell K. Hamilton

“Giving up at something that no longer serves a purpose, or protects you, or helps you, isn't giving up at all, it's growing up.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Incubus Dreams

Psychic mentor Marianne, to Anita; p. 61
Source: Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series, Incubus Dreams (2004)

“My father had taught me to be nice first, because you can always be mean later, but once you've been mean to someone, they won't believe the nice anymore. So be nice, be nice, until it's time to stop being nice, then destroy them.”

Laurell K. Hamilton A Stroke of Midnight

Source: A Stroke of Midnight

“There comes a point when you either embrace who and what you are, or condemn yourself to be miserable all your days. Other people will try to make you miserable; don't help them by doing the job yourself.”

Laurell K. Hamilton

“Sometimes love isn't about being smart. Sometimes it's about being stupid together.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Affliction

Source: Affliction

Laurell K. Hamilton Quotes about love

“If I was truly as brave as I thought I was, I'd have let him go. But I loved him, and I wasn't that brave.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book The Killing Dance

Source: The Killing Dance

“There are a thousand ways to hurt someone you love that have nothing to do with physical violence.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Cerulean Sins

Source: Cerulean Sins

“That was the problem with loving people: it made you weak. It made you need them. It made the thought of not having them the worst thing in the world.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Flirt

Source: Flirt

“Zerbrowski said, "Try not. Do. Or do not. There is no try."
It took me a second to realize that he had just quoted Star Wars to me. It made me smile, and in that moment I loved him, just for that.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Kiss the Dead

Source: Kiss the Dead

“Love sucks. Sometimes it feels good. Sometimes it's just another way to bleed.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Blue Moon

Source: Blue Moon

“Without hope, love dies and parts of you wither.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Narcissus in Chains

Source: Narcissus in Chains

Laurell K. Hamilton: Trending quotes

“There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.”

Laurell K. Hamilton Mistral's Kiss

Source: Mistral's Kiss

“Sticks and stones will break your bones, but failure will get you killed.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Narcissus in Chains

Source: Narcissus in Chains

“Everyone has their weaknesses. Some people smoke. I collect stuffed penguins. If you won't tell, I won't.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Guilty Pleasures

Source: Guilty Pleasures

Laurell K. Hamilton Quotes

“When you dance with the devil, it might as well be a devil who can give you your own corner of hell to rule.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Bullet

Source: Bullet

“Never trust people who smile constantly. They're either selling something or not very bright.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Burnt Offerings

Source: Burnt Offerings

“Stupidity isn't punishable by death. If it was, there would be a hell of a population drop.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book The Laughing Corpse

Source: The Laughing Corpse

“Before I knew you, I thought brave was not being afraid. You've taught me that bravery is being terrified and doing it anyway.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Blood Noir

Source: Blood Noir

“When in doubt, ignore and be horribly unimpressed”

Laurell K. Hamilton

“Can the sarcasm,' he said. 'Please, I always use fresh sarcasm, never canned.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Circus of the Damned

Source: Circus of the Damned

“Maybe they know what I know, that the true way to a man's heart is six inches of metal between his ribs. Sometimes four inches will do the job, but to be really sure, I like to have six.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Narcissus in Chains

Source: Narcissus in Chains

“People are supposed to fear the unknown, but ignorance is bliss when the knowledge is so damn frightening.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book The Laughing Corpse

Anita
Source: Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series, The Laughing Corpse (1994)

“I talk to myself everyone once in a while. Give myself very good advice. Sometimes I even take it.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Guilty Pleasures

Source: Guilty Pleasures

“Love is too precious to be ashamed of.”

Laurell K. Hamilton A Stroke of Midnight

Galen; p. 105
Source: Merry Gentry series, A Stroke of Midnight (2005)

“Accidental sex. He made it sound like I fell down, and there just happened to be an erection in the way.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Incubus Dreams

Source: Incubus Dreams

“Most hatred is based on fear, one way or another. Yeah. I wrapped myself in anger, with a dash of hate, and at the bottom of it all was an icy center of pure terror.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Guilty Pleasures

Source: Guilty Pleasures

“Zebrowski says that if you killed someone else just hide the body, he's not starting over on the paperwork.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Incubus Dreams

Source: Incubus Dreams

“Friends don't count the cost of favors.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Danse Macabre

Source: Danse Macabre

“I knew from the moment I heard you, the moment I saw the gun and realized that this lovely, petit woman was the executioner, that you would never die waiting for me to save you - that you would save yourself.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Narcissus in Chains

Source: Narcissus in Chains

“Still it might be nice, once in a while, not to have to choose between evils. Just once, couldn't I choose the lesser good?”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Danse Macabre

Source: Danse Macabre

“Never argue when you're winning.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Cerulean Sins

Variant: Never interrupt when you're winning.
Source: Cerulean Sins

“The truth may not set you free, but used carefully, it can confuse the hell out of your enemies.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Micah

Source: Micah

“I enjoy my anger, it’s the only hobby I have.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Cerulean Sins

Source: Cerulean Sins

“One thing I've learned about vampires--they keep pulling new rabbits out of their cloaks. Big, fanged, carnivorous bunnies that'll eat your eyeballs if you're not paying attention.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Bloody Bones

Variant: I hoped he was right, but one thing I've learned about vampires-they keep pulling new rabbits out of their cloaks. Big, fanged, carnivorous bunnies that'll eat your eyeballs if you're not paying attention.
Source: Bloody Bones

“Every relationship is messed up. What makes it really perfect is if you still want to be there when things suck.”

Laurell K. Hamilton

“A flower may be beautiful all on its own, but a person is never truly beautiful unless someone's eyes show him that he is beautiful.”

Laurell K. Hamilton A Stroke of Midnight

Ivi; p. 147
Source: Merry Gentry series, A Stroke of Midnight (2005)

“He was twenty. I remembered twenty. I'd known everything at twenty. It took me another year to realize I knew nothing. I was still hoping to learn something before I hit thirty, but I wasn't holding my breath.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Circus of the Damned

Source: Circus of the Damned

“If you fear nothing, then you are not brave. You are merely too foolish to be afraid.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Skin Trade

Source: Skin Trade

“What is love? Sometimes it's just letting yourself be who and what you are, and letting the person you're supposed to love be who and what he is too. Or maybe what and who they are.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Incubus Dreams

Source: Incubus Dreams

“I'd never met coffee that wasn't wonderful. It was just a matter of how
wonderful it was.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book The Killing Dance

Source: The Killing Dance

“one of the good things about being a woman is that my level of testosterone poisoning is lower than most men's.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Obsidian Butterfly

Source: Obsidian Butterfly

“Death didn't bother me much. Strong Christian and all that. Method of death did. Being eaten alive. One of my top three ways not to go out.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book The Laughing Corpse

Source: The Laughing Corpse

“Why is everything always my decision?" I asked.
Because you will not tolerate anything else."
Oh, I remembered now. "Great", I whispered.
- Anita to Jean-Claude”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Cerulean Sins

Source: Cerulean Sins

“His eyes widened just a bit, his lips flexed. I realized he was trying not to laugh. I hate it when people find my threats amusing.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book The Laughing Corpse

Source: The Laughing Corpse

“You look wonderful", Jason said.
"No compliments, Jason. I'm uncomfortable enough in the lingerie."
"Then by all means take it off.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Narcissus in Chains

Source: Narcissus in Chains

“Sometimes you fight what you are, and sometimes you give in to it. And some nights you just don’t want to fight yourself anymore, so you pick someone else to fight.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Incubus Dreams

Source: Incubus Dreams

“What is it about her that is so goddamned special?”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Obsidian Butterfly

Source: Obsidian Butterfly

“No name-calling truly bites deep unless, in some dark part of us, we believe it. If we are confident enough then it is just noise.”

Laurell K. Hamilton A Stroke of Midnight

Source: A Stroke of Midnight

“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.”

Laurell K. Hamilton

“They say there is no light without dark, no good without evil, no male without female, no right without wrong. That nothing can exist if it's direct opposite does not also exist.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Incubus Dreams

Source: Incubus Dreams

“What did they think I was going to do, steal a body? If I wanted to, I could empty the damn place and get every corpse to play follow the leader. Perhaps that was why I needed watching. Perhaps." --Anita Blake”

Laurell K. Hamilton

“Jesus, are all vampires over two hundred perverts?"
"I am over two hundred," Jean-Claude said.
"I rest my case.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Circus of the Damned

Source: Circus of the Damned

“Never criticize, unless you can do a better job.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Guilty Pleasures

Source: Guilty Pleasures

“I would rather you love me, but if not love, fear will do.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Skin Trade

Source: Skin Trade

“I loved him, but love isn't enough. All the fairy tales, the romance novels, the soap operas; they're all lies. Love does not conquer all.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book The Lunatic Cafe

Source: The Lunatic Cafe

“Some moments are perfect, and then someone comes along and f*cks it up. Ain't it always the way.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Bullet

Source: Bullet

“Questions are great, but only if you know the answers. If you ask questions and the answers surprise you, you look silly.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Burnt Offerings

Source: Burnt Offerings

“The rich and powerful always seem to prefer the tops of buildings. Hasn't anyone ever explained to them that higher just means you have farther to fall? -- Anita Blake”

Laurell K. Hamilton

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