Quotes from Ilona Andrews

The problem with honesty was that it gave your opponent ammunition to use against you.

It's worth a try. Maybe he'll be so happy you noticed his pork sword, he'll forget all about trying to kill us." Pork sword. Kill me now.

In the event of a Law Enforcement Breach, a computer would the first thing the LEOs --law enforcement officers --would confiscate. I had a laptop upstairs in plain view, partially for that exact purpose. They were welcome to my Twitter account and my gallery of cute fluffy animals dressed in hilarious Halloween costumes. Nobody thought to check the dead-tree books anymore

I wanted to cut Hugh into pieces. I owed him for Mauro, my broken sword, and seven days in the hole. But Curran owed him for seeing me disappear, for finding out where I went, for running after me across half the country not knowing if I was still alive, and then for fighting his way to Mishmar only to find me half-dead. Curran had a much bigger score to settle.

Please relay a message to Ghastek for me, I said. Your way isn't working. Let me help. The vampire dutifully repeated the words. He says 'The situation is under control.' Tell him, no, it's not. You can't contain it now. What happens when the metamorphosis is complete? He says, 'Your concern is duly noted.' Argh. Asshole. The undead opened his mouth and paused as the navigator caught himself. Should I . . . ? No, another navigator told him. You shouldn't.

What are your intentions toward me?" He leaned forward. Some of the hardness drained from his eyes. They turned deep and very green. "I intend to have you." "In what sense of the word?" A narrow smile tugged on the corners of his mouth. He looked utterly focused, like a cat about to pounce. "In every sense." Rose choked on her coffee.

He shook his head. "Better to do a small wrong to prevent a big one." "How do you decide what is a 'small' wrong? Let's say, you buy the safety of many with the life of a child. That child means everything to her parents. You devastated them. There is no greater wrong you can

Quick, Derek, it's your chance to shine," Ascanio said. Derek gave him a withering look. "Desandra is a mother, Robert is married, Kate's affianced, and I'm an old soul. You're the closest thing to a virgin we've got. Get on with growing some flowing locks.

Erra pointed at Curran with her thumb. You want to marry this? Is there a shortage of men?

I feel like we've had a real breakthrough here, Landon," Hugh said. "This is the most honest conversation we've ever had.

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?

He shook his head. "Better to do a small wrong to prevent a big one." "How do you decide what is a 'small' wrong? Let's say, you buy the safety of many with the life of a child. That child means everything to her parents. You devastated them. There is no greater wrong you can do to them. Why would that be a 'small' evil?

didn't matter how powerful you were. Life always found ways to stab you and twist the knife in the wound. Nobody was immune.

They say a hundred-and-thirty-pound woman has no chance against an athletic two-hundred-pound man. That's a lie. You just have to make a decision to hurt him and then do it.

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 so. William would probably fit that bill. Part of

Sometimes killing a man wasn't an act of anger or punishment. It was a public service.

The rim of the cup shuddered. Her fingers were shaking.

Nothing is free. If you want it, you have to fight for it.

Wind mages. They're all fancy dancing until you drop something heavy on them.

I had forgotten that talking to you is like trying to pet a cactus," Saiman said dryly. "Thank you for reminding me.

Even a cry in the wilderness must be acknowledged, because someone might have heard it.

Rogan lifted his cell to his ear and said quietly, "Margaret? Look into putting pressure sensors into our dryer vents . . . Yes. Dryer vents." Augustine was typing something on his phone, his face unreadable.

They are coming here for the arbitration, and they will probably try to murder each other the moment they walk through the door." Caldenia's eyes widened. "Do you really think so? This is absolutely marvelous!" She would think so, wouldn't she?

I stared at him. He didn't look fazed. It took me a full ten seconds to realize he couldn't see my psycho stare through the vampire's eyes. Nice going there, champ.