Quotes from Ilona Andrews

I dived for it, caught it three inches above the cement, and found myself face-to-face with the salamander. Ruby-red eyes regarded me with mild curiosity, black lips parted, and a long, spiderweb-thin filament of a tongue slithered from the salamander's mouth and kissed the sphere's glass in the reflection of my nose. Hi, I love you, too.

So. You refuse my money, you serve me thirty-year-old Highland Park scotch, and we've been in the same room for approximately five minutes, yet none of my bones are broken. This leads me to believe that your back is against the wall and you desperately need me for something. I'm dying to know what that is.

If there is anything I can do, I'll help. Don't get excited. It's not because of you. For the child. If it wasn't for her and the flare, I'd throw your dumb ass out of this window. What does the flare as to do with it? I don't want it to be attributed to a loss of control on my part. When I thorw you out of the window, I want there to beno doubt the act was deliberate.

What is this? It's a wedding invitation, Julie said. I didn't order any. Julie grinned at me. Roman. Ugh. That's right. I waved the envelope at her. It has flowers on it. Did you want gore, swords, and severed heads? she asked.

It's a party house. I hope for your sake it's a very tame party. If he brought me to some sort of sex orgy, he would fly right through one of those pretty windows, headfirst.

It depends. If I don't let you in, will you huff and puff and blow my house down? She had no idea. I'm more of a kick the door open and cut everyone inside to ribbons kind of wolf.

I take back what I said about the donkey,'' Ascanio said. ''She's awesome

Yes," Curran said. "We'd like you to officiate." "I'm sorry?" "We'd like you to marry us," I said. Roman's eyes went wide. He pointed to himself. "Me?" "Yes," Curran said. "Marry you?" "Yes." "You do know what I do, right?" "Yes," I said. "You're Chernobog's priest.

Humans tend to segregate the world: enemies on one side, friends on the other. Friends are the people we know. Enemies are the Other. You can do just about anything to the Other. It doesn't matter if this Other is actually guilty of any crimes, because it is a matter of emotion, not logic. You see angry people aren't interested in justice, they just want an excuse to vent their rage.

Is this my replacement?" What? "I didn't replace you!" "Of course not. I'm irreplaceable.

Did I hurt you in the parking lot? No, m'lady. I fell, so I could put a tracker on your car. Great.

Every handsome man had a flaw. It was just her luck that in William's case that flaw was lunacy.

Why could nothing with Kate be simple? Why couldn't Jim ever just come by to tell me that he had bowled a perfect game or benched a personal best. Maybe finally asked that weird tiger girl out.

Is this you trying to cheer me up?" "What are you . . . going . . . to do about it?" I asked. "Your Wussiness?" He touched his index finger to my forehead. His voice was rough. "Tap. You're out, Ass Kicker.

Like it or not," he said, "you're still his daughter. Run from it, spit on it, that's your choice. Those of the blood can insult the blood. Nobody else. I won't allow it.

If you ever decide on a career change, I'd avoid motivational speaking.

I squinted at her. "You're an adult." "You're an adult too." "But you're an older adult. You've had more practice." Mom leaned back and laughed.

I mean to have you, Rose, you and all of your thorns. I'm a disagreeable and stubborn bastard, but I'm not a fool. You didn't really expect me to pass you up, did you?

Just stay close to us. If we get in trouble, we'll kill everything.

You sure you don't want to kiss me good-bye, baby?

Should I bring my own chains this time? Or do you have bigger plans, and this is some sort of freaky murder foreplay"—why did the word foreplay just come out of my mouth?—"and I'll end up cut up into small pieces inside some freezer at the end? I can just spray myself with mace and shoot myself in the head now and save you the trouble.

The Dude just pounded his way in a straight line, convinced that the lion was a figment of his imagination and that the vampire ahead of him was just Grendel's deformed mutant brother.

Follow me," Linus ordered. "And cheer up. We're about to embark on a killing spree accompanied by massive property damage. Try to have fun.

I opened my eyes as wide as I could. "Why, of course, Your Majesty. What was I thinking? I will go and do this right away, just please don't look at me." "Kate, get in the car." "Maybe you should growl dramatically. I don't think I'm intimidated enough.