L.J. Smith Quotes

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“I'm with you, my angel.”

“I do believe in shooting the messenger.
You know why? Because it sends a message.”

“If you lose, there's the devil to pay.”

“James, pull over, I want to kiss you.”

“There is nothing frightening in the dark if you just face it.”

“If you're going to be bad, be bad with a purpose or else you're not worth forgiving.”

“And to see the white flash of Klaus's eyes as he whirled on her. For one stunned instant she stared at him, and then lightning crackled.
From an empty sky.”

“Good night, Gabriel.' [Kaitlyn] said
You jerk
[Gabriel] widened his eyes. 'Don't you want to stay? It's a big bed.”

“You wanted us all back together again!" Bonnie shouted at Caroline, and pulled the scandalized girl into the dance. Meredith, her dignity forgotten, joined them too.
And for a long time in the clearing there was only rejoicing.”

“My first kiss and I'm comatose. Great.”

“QUINN; You always look after Number One, don't you?
ASH; Doesn't everybody?”

“I'd rather cut my throat," she said.
An intriguing thought. But I can do it so much more enjoyably.”

“The image isn't reality. Even though we're used to thinking that way alot of the time. We show a kid a picture of a dog and say 'This is a doggie' - but it's not. It's just an image.”

“I am just two and two. I am hot. I am cold. I'm the parent of numbers that cannot be told. I'm a gift beyond measure, a matter of course, and I'm yielded with pleasure- when taken by force.”

“To touch him in ways he'd never been touched before, this person who, beyond all logic, was the other half of her. Who belonged to her. Who was her soulmate.”

“Keller couldn't form any words for a moment. Then she said, "Galen? When you choose a form, choose something gentle."

I thought you thought everybody had to be a fighter." He said.

Some people shouldnt have to be.”

“If I don't want to be seen, you don't see me.”

“Ash held one finger up. "OK. Now listen-"
Mary-Lynnette kicked him in the shins. She knew it was inapporopriate, she knew it was uncalled-for, but she couldn't stop herself. She justto.
"Oh, for God's sake," Ash said, hopping backward. "Are you?”

“The Night World isn't a place. It's all around us. The creatures of Night World are beautiful and deadly and irresitable to humans. Your best friend could be one-so could your crush.”

“Mouse sandwiches and open graves?" Meredith arched an elegant eyebrow. "I think you're getting Stephen King mixed up with Lewis Carroll.”

“I'll go sleep on the couch," James said. "No, you won't," Poppy said firmly. She flopped on the bed beside him. "You're dead tired. And I know I'm safe with you." James grinned without moving his arm. "Because I'm dead tired?”

“You stole my bouquet? From the kistune?"
"I was very careful-"
"Do you realize what you've done?" Stefan shook Damon.
"Ow. That hurts! Do you want to break my neck.”

“It's not wrong to hustle hustlers. It's like killing murderers, a public service. -Damon Salvatore”

“More than anything." Rob persisted. "You'd crawl on your belly over broken glass for her. Easy.”

“Sky and sea, keep harm from me. Earth and fire, bring… my desire.”

“He let her get almost all the way there, just staring, before he stumbled towards her. They ended in a rush and then fell to the ground together, arms locked around each other, each holding on as tightly as possible. Niether of them said a word.”

“And then it was all happening, what had started to happen at least twice before. Feelings so sweet and strong she could hardly bear it. Strange recognition, unexpected belonging…impossible knowing…”

“Not that he regretted having killed the guy in Stockton. The one who'd been ready to shoot him over the five crumpled dollar bills in his jeans pocket. He was quite happy to have sent that particular home boy to hell.”

“Well then," Faye said. "Now that you've heard our story, we have just one question to ask you." She fixed Cassie with an odd half smile and said in a sweet, false voice, "Are you planning to be a good witch or a bad witch?”

“In the Night World there's this idea called the soulmate principle. It says that every person has one soulmate out there, just one. And that person is perfect for you and is your destiny.”

“Julian said the world was evil and horrible - remember? But then he proved himself that it wasn't”

“It's as if the world is full of honeybees and I'm the only flower" -Elena”

“It's the idea that everyone has one and just one soulmate in the world, and that if you find them, you recognize them immediately.”

“Maybe there was a magic stronger than spells. Maybe the soulmate principle was responsible, and if two people were meant to be together, nothing could keep them apart.”

“Tell Hugh," she whispered.
Tell Hugh your freaking self! He's right here! And you're not going anywhere.”

“Do I look like the kind of person who wastes time turning goats into pin cushions?”

“Like a revolving door to hell.”

“There's nothing to read into. I'm just here to collect my beloved Damon and Stefan is just helping me.”

“Interesting things happen in the dark…sometimes.”

“It was as if the normal veil that separated two people had melted.”

“I'm playing with fire, with something I don't understand.”

“Wasnt it Startre who said hell was eternity spent in a room with your friends?”

“Some instinct older than civilization was telling her to run, to flee.
She didn't move.”

“And her slender white neck was bowed over her book, the fair hair falling on either side of it”

“If I let myself care, all I'll feel is pain.”

“Damon, leather and silk and fine chiseled features. Mercurial and devastating.”

“No, I'll dream another dream," he said. "I've made up so many things, now I'll just go into one. I'll be part of it.”

“She started walking again. "Are you saying you didn't even want to be with her? Not even just a little?"
He stopped. "How could I want to be with her when I want to be with you? I told you that before this whole thing started.”

“Mary-Lynnette had an inexplicable impulse to knock Ash flat and fall down on top of him. She'd never felt that for any boy before.”