Quotes from Laurell K. Hamilton

What's the matter with you tonight? he asked when we were out of earshot of Stirling and Co. I told you. No, he said, it isn't just the murder tonight. Hell, I've seen you kill people and be less upset afterwards. What's wrong?

He wanted you dead, now he doesn't, I don't know why. Chimera's crazy, he doesn't need a reason to change his mind.

I hoped what little dinner I'd eaten wasn't something my new baby-rich body didn't like. I didn't want to throw up all over the bad guys, or then again maybe I did. It would certainly be distracting.

If you are not a lady, then you are a whore. You do not want to know what would happen to a human whore within these walls. He seemed tired as he said it, as if he'd been there, done that, and hadn't had a good time.

They would be happy to bring some up. No one bitched about the time. No one questioned. You can always tell how much you're paying for a room by how little they complain.

The truth is so often disappointing, or ugly; don't you find that, ma petite ?

Make them fear you. Machiavelli said it nearly six hundred years ago, but it's still true. 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.

He will not let you come barging in to his world like the proverbial bull in the china shop.

I am not always certain that it is I who am the better person, ma petite, but together we are the better person.

My characters surprise me constantly. My characters are like my friends - I can give them advice, but they don't have to take it. If your characters are real, then they surprise you, just like real people.

it was more like two scared kids huddling in the dark when they knew the monster under the bed wasn't just real, but was holding a grudge.

Remember, no one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Eleanor Roosevelt said that. It is a quote I try to live by.

Is your hair as soft as all those curls look? No.

At least I'm not dead. That can be remedied. Jean-Claude & Richard

But I was naturally suspicious; it comes from working too closely with the police for too long. Cynicism is so contagious.

Talking to children is like testifying in court, answer just what's asked, don't elaborate, and don't volunteer information.

when you live forever and don't age, it gives you time to hope

I was learning that happily-ever-after was the beginning of the next chapter, not the end of the story.

Why was I mad? Because he'd surprised me with a really nice hotel room. What a bastard.

No one had said anything, or even lifted an eyebrow at me; sometimes it's just the inside of your own head that is the problem.

If you love someone your freedom is curtailed, if you love someone you give up much of your privacy, if you love someone you are not merely one person but half of a couple, to think or behave any other way is to risk losing that love.

I'd worked my share of serial killer cases, but none of the killers had ever mailed me a human head. That was new.

Most of the time you're ass deep in alligators.

I had a moment to visualize Larry out in the dark all alone, unarmed except for his cross. The thought made my skin cold. I opened my mouth to yell at him and closed it. Never dress anyone down in public unless it's an object lesson. I said, Any tracks? I gave myself a dozen brownie points for yelling. Do I look like Tonto? Beside the ground is just grass and it's been so dry lately. I don't think there'd be any tracks.