Quotes from Ilona Andrews

We stared at each other. The level of politeness had risen to dangerous levels.

What's the deal with you? Jim asked. Nothing. I have three sisters, Jim reminded me. I know what nothing means.

No, I never expect people to be idiots," George said. "I do expect them to lack some of the necessary information, because experience has demonstrated to me that assuming someone in a key position knows everything you do leads to disaster.

Sometimes it helps to live through it," I told her. "Find a time when nobody will bother you, and imagine it. Imagine the worst-case scenario in as much detail as you can manage. Let yourself live through it; feel the fear, feel the pain. It's a terrible thing to put yourself through, but once it's done, the anxiety goes away. It never disappears completely, but it leaves you alone enough so you can function.

It's a hunting revolver." I slumped back. "It's for big game hunting." "Texas," Alessandro said, loading a state's worth of meaning into a single word.

Kate sat at her desk. Grendel sprawled by her feet, an enormous black monstrosity that had more in common with the hound of the Baskervilles than with any poodle I had ever seen.

I don't care if he is Curran. In your ward, you are god.

If I could, I would punch today right in the face.

Prime or no Prime, five-year-old girls were scary. I babysat my sisters when they were that age. It still gave me nightmares.

You'll always be a bastard. There is a part of you that enjoys kicking the door in and throwing a severed head on the table.

Baby, you're not the tantrum type. You are the scary-smile-and-stabbing type.

She put her hand on her hip. Where are you going? To the boat. You called me Lord Bill again. That means we're cool. Cerise slapped her forehead with the heel of her hand and followed him.

Strawberry Shortcake called, she wants her outfit back

It's almost as if the dead have no value unless we know that someone they are related to is still alive and mourning them.

I would have to stop at a local shelter and possibly PetSmart. They had silent, stealthy, vicious predators available for adoption.

What?" "She won't bite or scratch or she'll vomit. She's a vegetarian." Oh boy. "But when she's in beast form . . ." He shook his head. "She eats grass. Don't ask.

The Civil Majority takes its root from the quote by Johanna Hemlock, a nineteenth-century philosopher and Prime. The Civil Majority seeks to limit House involvement in politics. What's the quote, I asked. In a country ruled by a civil majority even the smallest minority enjoys greater protection than a majority living in a country where power is hoarded by select few, Cornelius said.

There is a shortage of you in my life.

Either you can work on both, or you can keep thinking with your balls. It's your choice. Say 'pop.' Pop? That was the sound of me pulling your head out of your ass. If you stick it back up there again, there is nothing I can do about it. This is the only lecture you'll ever get from me. I headed for the door.

PARTY STARTER.

I opened my eyes really wide and fluttered my eyelashes at him. I'm sorry, I must've missed your coronation ceremony. Silly me. from Clean Sweep

Men." "Yes. Can't live with them, can't kill them." Elara crossed her arms.

Kate Daniels, deadly swordswoman and rescuer of hungry orphans. Come in. Wash your hands.

I so didn't need another outbreak of Rogan fever.