Quotes from Ilona Andrews

I sincerely hope the neighborhood hasn't considered signing such a petition. Because if they did, I would make them eat it. Slowly.

This was hell and I was its fury. I raised my sword and killed again, with a smile on my face.

Hugh wished for something to happen. Some release. Someone to kill. Bucky raised his tail and shit on the road. "You gonna clean that up?" a male voice challenged. Thank you. Thank you so much for volunteering.

she thinks that everyone is much stupider than her. She's a classic sociopath: she's charming and manipulative, she believes she's entitled, she never genuinely feels guilt, and when she offers an apology, it's superficial. She mimics happiness and she can probably mimic love.

The woman's voice rose, stronger and stronger, her song holding the darkness at bay like a shield. Fear not the darkness Fear not the night You are not forsaken We remember you

I raised my gaze. He was looking at me, his amber eyes full of flames from the fire. "But would I get you, if I were an innkeeper?" "Yes." "That's all I want.

Renouard bared his teeth at her, displaying his fangs. Vampires showed their teeth for many reasons: to intimidate, to express joy, to snarl in frustration. But this one was a leer. Look at my teeth, baby. Aren't I amazing?

In a place where you're so freaked out that you hold yourself supertight, because any splash of emotion could break the dam and you would fall to pieces.

Magic could not be measured and explained in scientific terms, for magic grew through destroying the very natural principles that made science as people knew it possible.

Hey, here is the corpse of something big, scary, and magic that used to eat people when it was alive. I think I'll go over and poke it with a stick. That would be awesome. I sighed. Teenagers. Some things even post-Shift Atlanta couldn't change.

People don't tell you their secrets, Ghastek. You have to find them out.

If the skies were able to dream, they would dream of dragons.

Sean cracked a smile. "They are chickens." "Technically they're not even avian." "Dina, we're going to host sixty-one space chickens." I gave up. "Yes." "And they're going to argue philosophy.

Consort," I said. "You honor us." "Fuck you," Dali said. "Fuck your shit. I quit." I laughed and reached for a potato.

If he ever told me that my wife is a 'potential threat' again, I would become a real and immediate threat.

No strong ties to other Houses, no patrons of great influence. It wasn't unusual. Many smaller Houses preferred to operate independently, unattached to a larger family. Powerful Houses had powerful enemies, and when you allied yourself to one, you inherited their friends and their rivals.

all you have is frustration and the fart noise your face makes when you hit your desk with it.

Sometimes, when the power of your enemy is too great, the only thing you can do is contain it.

living through a slow-motion apocalypse.

We make our own choices in life. Our actions shape our lives, and we alone are responsible for them." "When

Where was this taken?" Jardin recovered enough to speak. "Near Lawrenceville.

You have a weird life." "Look who's talking." He shrugged. "It's not that I'm that evil, really. I'm just beloved by evil things.

with about twenty-five feet of space between each to make sure nobody happened to trip and accidentally fall into a slaughter.

Calling people out" was her preferred method of dealing with issues.