Quotes from Ilona Andrews

Why the rifle? Everybody knows you can't shoot." Who were these everybodies and would they like to stand in front of me, preferably within ten feet, so I could discuss this issue in greater detail? "I can shoot just fine." I just missed eighty percent of the time.

As it happened so often with our species, logical reasoning was discarded in favor of the overpowering need to be right, facts and consequences be damned.

I could've fallen for someone steady. Dependable. Well-grounded. But nooo, I had to lose my head over this idiot.

Logic said that at some point he must've been a baby and then a child, but looking at him one was almost convinced that some deity had touched the ground with its scepter and proclaimed, "There shall be a badass," and Jim had sprung into existence, fully formed, complete with clothes, and ready for

If she died as a result of this journey, it wouldn't be because of slavers. It would be because Richard's inability to communicate would give her a heart attack.

God. I haven't been very good. The metal whined in protest. I could have tried harder. I could've been a better person. I stand before you now as I am. I make no excuses. The beams gave, bending. Please, have mercy on me

If you prefer, I can acquire a windowless creeper van, and we can huddle in it and eat greasy take out.

A man had no right to be this fiercely sexual without even trying.

Something clicked in my brain. "I remember where I've seen you before. You're Curran's..."—lover, mistress, honey-bunny—"significant other." Dear God, what could the Beast Lord's concubine possibly want from me?

Her face looked like it would shatter any second.

The lion opened his mouth, showing his big teeth. Yes, yes, you're bad. We know, Your Majesty.

It doesn't matter if I'm the first. It only matters that I'll be the last

I'm a bastard but even I don't kill my own people, unless it's absolutely necessary.

I really would like to know," he said with genuine curiosity. "The next time I kill someone, I'd like to do it in a way that doesn't freak you out." "How about you don't kill anybody for a little bit?" "I can't make that promise.

You don't do subtle. Your subtle is pulling a kick so you don't kill a man with it, just break his bones.

Kissing me won't make me more agreeable, she whispered. I'm not trying to make you more agreeable. His voice was rough and low. I just can't help myself.

Life was too short and ended too suddenly. If you didn't take advantage of what you had today, tomorrow it might be ripped from you.

Slowly the reality of the situation sank in. He got his ass kicked, learned nothing, and got saved by a dumb dog and an old lady. If he lived long enough to report to Nancy back in Adrianglia, he would have to gloss over this part.

Landon slid back into the driver's seat and pointed at my saber. "Put it away." "Say the magic word." "Please," Landon squeezed out. I slid the blade back into the sheath and petted it. "It's okay, Sarrat. If he insults you, I'll cut his head off and you can drink his blood.

So you want me to track down a supernaturally fast sniper who can disappear into thin air, retrieve your maps, and do it so nobody finds out what I'm doing or why?' 'Exactly.' I sighed. 'I'll get the paperwork.

Obnoxious smart-ass. Never been anywhere, never done anything, huh. Arrested development, huh. Considering that it was coming from a man who spent his nights peeing on his neighbors' fences, that was rich. Shoot, I should've told him that.

What the hell is this?" Desandra asked. "This is Cuddles. She's a mammoth donkey." Derek grinned, leaning on the fence. "Do you have any self-respect left?" "Nope.

They never fought about anything important. They never stole from each other, they never tried to sabotage each other's relationships, and if anyone dared to look at one of them the wrong way, the other one would be the first to charge to her sister's defense.But if one of them took the other's hairbrush and didn't clean it, it was World War III.

A wise man once said, "A human mind is the place where emotion and reason are locked in perpetual combat. Sadly for our species, emotion always wins." I really liked that quote. It explained why, even though I was reasonably intelligent, I kept finding myself doing something really stupid. And it sounded much better than "Nevada Baylor, Total Idiot.