Quotes from Ilona Andrews

She approached the Assembly with the attitude of a veteran middle school teacher, which meant she was stern enough to follow the procedure but flexible enough to make compromises where special treatment was required.

Cauldron of Wisdom, see Birth of Taliesin." Anybody with a drop of education on Celtic mythology knew of Taliesin, the great bard of ancient Ireland, the druid who succeeded Merlin.

Curran decided to go as what he referred to as a "redshirt." Apparently it was the term for some sort of disposable attendant from some old TV show.

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

She had only two modes of operation: complete control or complete insanity.

So far my best plan would be to build a mountain of gasoline cans and explosives, stick a Property of US Government sign on it, and throw a T-shirt over Pierce's head when he showed up to explode it. Yes, this would totally work. If only.

You're an excellent analyst. Not everyone is born with the gift of snappy comeback.

She remembered his voice, so calm it chilled her. "Lady Maud, if I die, say the Liturgy of the Fallen for me." Saying the Liturgy of the Fallen fell to the one you treasured most. Your spouse. Your lover. Your one who was everything. She couldn't dishonor that confession and she answered him in the language of vampires. "Go with the Goddess, my Lord. You won't be forgotten.

It's okay," I told him. "I know." His voice was quiet. "I will always be there. I will walk across the whole planet if I have to. I closed my eyes and whispered, I'll meet you halfway.

I have never in my life needed you to loan me money. If I was dead, and the ferryman needed a coin to take me across the river to the afterlife, and you had the only quarter in existence, I'd tell you to stick it up your ass.

Good people didn't hate without a reason, so they grasped at any pretext, no matter how small, that gave them permission to hate.

Because killing random people just because they did something you don't like makes you the bad guy.

People say that physics has laws, I told him, walking to the bedroom door. I prefer to view them as a set of flexible guidelines.

You may call me Dr. Doolittle. I've sailed through the night and day, in and out of weeks, to where the wild things are and now I'm their private physician

My lady," he said quietly. "Never do that again," she whispered. "Stay with me," he asked. "Where would I go?" He smiled then. She rolled her eyes and went back to the rites.

The universe is vast and we're its greatest mystery

What kind of shapeshifter has orange fur anyway?" "Weredingo." Now I'd seen everything. Well, at least he didn't steal my baby.

A bit dramatic, and yet it had the likely desired effect of turning a badass like me into just another frightened ape shivering in the darkness

loving someone and being with him were two different things.

In accordance to entry two hundred and three, will you then submit to having a cast of your anal canal so the dildo employed to penetrate your anus can be made to perfect proportions?" The Reigh bodyguards froze. Nagrad read the entry. "I won't be requesting that one.

There were three certainties in Houston: death, taxes, and never-ending roadwork.

In her rare moments of desperation, she wanted a man to look at her like she meant the world to him, and failing that, she would settle for someone who thought she was beautiful and told her

I don't come from money, Curran said. His voice rolled, filling the space. Everything I have I made with my own two hands, and I have to work hard every day for it. Even Daniels? another merc asked. That got some giggles. Curran cracked a smile. It was a bright, infectious smile. Especially Daniels. I work to keep her daily. Otherwise she wouldn't put up with me.

This inn cradled me as I took my first breath. No matter how hard you try, it will never be yours." I planted the broom into the floor.