Quotes from Ilona Andrews

Rene looked at Grendel. "What in the world is that?" "That's our mutant attack poodle," I told her. "Is he chewing on a gun?

Now Julie could stay here, in the Keep full of homicidal maniacs who grew teeth the size of switchblades and erupted into a violent frenzy when threatened.

On a scale from one to ten, the Pack was eleven and everything else a one.

Grandpa? Declan raised his eyebrows. We keep him in the shed out back, Jack said helpfully. So he doesn't eat dog brains.

How are you? Perfectly fine, he said. Are your ribs broken? Probably not. Cracked at most. We fought very carefully. Did this settle anything? It made me feel better, he said, sitting up. Did you see me kick him in the kidneys? I saw.

If I pass out face down in this water, will you fish me out? Will you promise to call me Your Majesty? Hell no. Then I'll have to think about it.

I don't know if you heard, but I kind of run this place.

He came for me. I couldn't believe it. He came for me . Into a flying palace full of thousands of armed rakshasas in the middle of a magic jungle. Oh, you stupid, stupid idiot man . What was the God damn point of saving him only to watch him throw his life away? Kate for Curran

Did you run any of this by Curran?" "I told him I was about to do something idiotic and dangerous, and he told me to go ahead and let him know if he could help in any way." "I don't understand your relationship.

If your head explodes can I have your stuff?

I will always be there. I will walk across the whole planet if I have to." I closed my eyes and whispered, "I'll meet you halfway.

I know a man who is in love with my friend. He loves her absolutely. The only thing he wants in return is for her to love him." Saiman arched his eyebrows, imitating me. "And?" You're the exact opposite of him. You lack the capacity to love, so you want to smother mine as well.

Any activity? Robert asked. Not in the lasssht ten minutesh. Before that, very exshiting. I shaw Wolf Beta run by. There were vampiresh chassing her. She was yelling, 'Bill me, bloodshuckers!

Try to look casual." I pulled the top book out and put it on the desk. "Why?" "Because what I'm doing is illegal without a warrant, and we have about twenty witnesses observing our every move." Curran crossed his arms, making his biceps bulge, leaned against the desk, and fixed our audience with his stare. Everyone spontaneously decided to look anywhere else but at us. Right. Casual, my foot. "See," he said. "No witnesses.

If you keep wiggling, things might get uncomfortable," he said into my ear, his voice like a caress. "I'm doing my best, but thinking about baseball only takes you so far." I froze.

The only people who can have normal are the ones unaffected by all the fucked-up shit that happens around them." - Curran

I'm an angel of death. I don't need night school, woman. You should just give up on this detective shit and start killing people for a living. It's simple, honest work, and you ain't got the brains for anything else.

You don't return your phone calls." The vampire leaned forward, tapping my doodle with a scimitar claw. "Is that a lion with horns and a pitchfork?" "Yep." "Is he carrying the moon on his pitchfork?" "No, it's a pie. What can I do for Atlanta's premier Master of the Dead?

Derek, you just don't say things like that to a woman. Keep going this way and you'll spend your life alone. Don't change the subject. Andrea is cool. And she smells nice. It will be okay. Apparently I was supposed to sniff people to determine their competence. How do you know? He shrugged. You just have to trust her.

He glanced at me, his eyes dark. Would you rather talk about your dream? No. Considering that I was featured in it, I think I deserve to know the particulars. Were my clothes missing because we were in bed? Was I touching you? He glanced at me. His voice could've melted the clothes off my body. Were you touching me?

I raged across the field, killing all before me. They ran when they saw me coming, and I chased them down, and killed them before they could take someone else's friend away from them.

When you walk a dog on a short leash, she's close enough to bite you.

Nice plan. Take the gullible outsiders, walk them around for a bit, then feed them to the giant tortoise.

It's like you had a coming-out party," Andrea said. "You've been presented to polite society, except now everybody wants to kill you." "Spare me." "Kate Daniels, a debutante." Andrea grinned. "It's not funny." "It's hilarious." The smile slid off Andrea's face and she vomited on the snow. "Karma," I told her.