Laurell K. Hamilton Quotes

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“In chains and darkness, wherefore should I stay, And mourn in prison, while I keep the key.”

“Sex was never as neat as the movies made it. Real sex was messy. Good sex was messier.”

“I just love dealing with people whose idea of sometimes is every thousand years,” I said.”

“I cannot do it. I cannot bear it. I cannot go back to what I was here. I cannot stand at her side and watch another take her. I am not that strong or that good.”

“I know who and what I am. I am The Executioner, and I don't date Vampires. I kill them.”

“Maybe you’re not willing to give up a lover who’s colder than you are.”

“Most women complain that there are no single, straight men left. I’d just like to meet one who’s human.”

“I am the Executioner. Murder someone in my town, and I’m the one that you get to see. Once.”

“Larry is back in town… The wedding is set for October. Tammy is threatening to have me in the wedding. Some friends they are.”

“That's what you get for telling the truth. Someone calls you a liar. Most people will accept a likely lie to an unlikely truth. In fact, they prefer it.”

“If you're too damn stubborn to let yourself cry, then your body finds other ways to let it out.”

“I never said I was consistent.”

“Because everything worth having hurts.”

“I'm not afraid of heights, but the idea of falling from them, well, that I'm afraid of.”

“If I wanted death, Edward would give it to me. Because we both understand that it isn't death that we fear. It's living.”

“What was I supposed to say?….. did I tell them the Master had the hots for me, so I'd probably be okay? -Anita”

“Once upon a time wasn't as long ago as it used to be.”

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

“If you have a choice between extra makeup or extra weapons always take the weapons. Just the fact that you're debating between those two choices proves that you're going to need the weapons more.”

“They be crazier than we are.”

“But we were all young once. It passes, like innocence and a sense of fair play. The only thing left in the end is a good instinct for survival.”

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

“Is death such a high price to pay, when you will die anyway?”

“Oh, no, a leopard blew up and plastered itself all over everything, but hey, animal print was in this year.”

“There are some things more important than physical survival. You gotta be able to look at yourself in the mirror.”

“There was a time when you would have taken my heart with stake or gun. Now you have taken it with these delicate hands and the scent of your body."
- Jean-Claude”

“Is this a private fight, or can anyone join?”

“Every ruler should strive for his people to love him. But if they cannot love you, then make them fear you. Love is better, but fear will do the job.”

“Sometimes it's not the optimist you need, but another pessimist to walk beside you.”

“Everything I needed was in my car, even the chickens”

“You fight so hard, so long, to cut someone out of your heart, but it’s not always your heart that betrays you.”

“People go away and they don't come back.”

“No such thing as a hard woman, Memphis, just soft men. With that, I turned, and the others followed me.”

“This was one princess who could rescue her own damn self.”

“It's better to be loved than feared, but if you can't be loved, then fear will do.-Dino quoting Machiavelli”

“A little boy who's discovered the monster under the bed is actually real, and it's screwing Mommy.”

“Just what I needed—a necromancer with an attitude. Oh, wait, I was a necromancer with an attitude.”

“Would you truly sleep with strangers?" "I don't know, I haven't met the strangers yet.”

“being physically intimidating didn't keep you from getting your feelings hurt. Everyone's heart is the same size.”

“Hesitation will get you killed.”

“In real life I do violence, but for psychic stuff I do other things better.”

“Who would have ever thought I'd be afraid of a zombie, any kind of zombie? Nicely ironic that.”

“One serial killer sends me a human head in a box, and I get all spooked; Go figure.”

“Oh, I'll enjoy myself. I want to make sure you enjoy yourself."
"Why?" I said.
"If you enjoy yourself, then there's a better chance you'll want to be with me again.”

“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.”

“When God ignores you, the devil starts looking good.”

“I told her why we are here. I told you wouldn't hurt Jack."
"The coffin?"
I smiled. I couldn't help it. He was a 'jack in a box.”

“Money doesn't spend in hell, Wilkes. The devil deals in a different coin.”

“We aren't the good guys, Anita. We're the necessary guys. -Edward”