Quotes from Ilona Andrews

Most people facing a truck head-on would be scared. He stared her down as if she had insulted him by nearly running him over. Like he was some sort of king of the road.

An unit is only as good as its leader. That's why a good leader holds herself to the highest standard. It's not about being liked or being fair. It's about deciding what your goal is and doing what is necessary to achieve it. Especially when it's difficult.

I looked at his face and saw the decisive thrust of the adolescent jaw. No intelligent life there.

I asked him if he was leaving anyone behind. He said he'd met a girl with stardust on her robe, and when he looked into her eyes, he saw the universe looking back.

You could've found me. You could've demanded an explanation. Instead your bright idea to deal with this mess was not to talk to me. Do you get off having me chase after you like some sixteen-year-old?" "Twelve tops. Sixteen is giving you too much credit." He bit the air. "Look who's talking.

How do you explain humanity to someone who has no frame of reference? "It has to do with good and evil. You have to decide for yourself what they are. For me, evil is striving to an end without regard for the means.

But whatever regrets she had, she would have to live with them. Regrets never did anyone any good.

No." "You always say that word," he said. "Is it supposed to mean something?

She wished she had a manual or something, some kind of instruction sheet that would clearly spell out what a responsible parent did in this sort of situation. Her imagination painted Georgie twenty years later, sitting in leg irons before some Broken psychiatrist. "Well, you see, it all started with bubbles

He looked her over very slowly. "If I chose to molest you, it wouldn't be an attempt. And you would be most enthusiastic about it.

Most people simply didn't realize they could do things that bent their reality. It was kind of like growing up in a land with no deep rivers or lakes. If you never tried, how would you know if you could swim? But

If I didn't know him and I was driving by, I would've stopped to get a second look, trying to figure out who that scary hot bastard was.

He'd left for a reason, and I didn't want to be anyone's blast from the past. Still, not knowing was worse than any potential awkwardness.

That's the problem. People, especially unhappy people, want a cause. They want something to belong to, to be a part of something great and bigger, and to be led. It's easy to be a cog in a machine: you don't have to think, you have no responsibility. You're just following orders. Doing as you're told." "I

Curran could be described in many ways: dangerous, powerful . . . insufferable. "Elegant" usually wasn't one of the adjectives used, and as he walked next to me, I wished I had a camera so I could commemorate the moment. And then blackmail him with it.

We live in a dangerous world. If you see a chance to be happy, you have to fight for it, so later you have no regrets.

Gerard Demille wasn't her biological parent, but he was the only father she ever knew.

To Mother no was simply a yes that hadn't had a chance to hear her out.

Oh wow, now that was a clever comeback. He'd surely drop to his knees and bow before my intellectual brilliance.

Matias!" Nadira said into the ensuing silence. "Why did you sell our company to Ramona Adler?" "Because it's customary to exchange bridal gifts before the wedding," he said. Everyone screamed at once.

He wrapped me up like a package. I couldn't move an inch. "I thought you were some sort of maniac!" I growled. "I am." "What are you doing here?" "Looking for Jim in your bed." "He isn't here." "I see that.

Sorry to burst your bubble, but that changes nothing. Anytime you say anything, I think about sex. Anytime I see you, I think about sex.

Eventually Victoria will die. She's old. And that didn't sound morbid. Not at all.

If I compromise on this, soon I'll compromise on other things and then I won't be me anymore.