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Dead Until Dark

Name: Dead Until Dark
Author: Charlaine Harris

Dead Until Dark, published in 2001, is the first novel in Charlaine Harris' series The Southern Vampire Mysteries. It was adapted into True Blood's first season.

“But there's a juicy artery in your groin," he said after a pause to regroup, his voice as slithery as a snake on a slide.
"Don't you talk dirty," I told him. "I won't listen to that.”

Charlaine Harris book Dead Until Dark

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“I snuck a look to see how Eric was taking this, and he was staring at me the same way the Monroe vampires had. Thoughtful. Hungry.
"That's interesting," he said. "I had a psychic once. It was incredible."
"Did the psychic think so?”

Charlaine Harris book Dead Until Dark

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“It was one of God's jokes that such a dumb mind had been put in such an eloquent body.”

Charlaine Harris book Dead Until Dark

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“Woo woo, secret vampire stuff!”

Charlaine Harris book Dead Until Dark

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“You won't find a vampire in a Ford Fiesta”

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“Life begins at night”

Charlaine Harris book Dead Until Dark

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“Life had sure been simpler when I hadn't dated.”

Charlaine Harris book Dead Until Dark

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“My brother, Jason, came into the bar, then, and sauntered over to give me a hug. He knows that women like a man who's good to his family and also kind to the disabled, so hugging me is a double whammy of recommendation.”

Charlaine Harris book Dead Until Dark

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“For awhile I taped soap operas and watched them at night when I thought I might be forgetting what it was like to be human. After a while I stopped, because from the examples I saw on those shows, forgetting humanity was a good thing.”

Charlaine Harris book Dead Until Dark

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“There was enough tension in the room to send a fleet of the nervous running for their tranquilizers.”

Charlaine Harris book Dead Until Dark

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