Quotes from Tanya Huff

Large men in black plate mail with red cloaks and plumes don't sneak worth a damn.

Belief is not a required component of ability.

There's always hope, Charlotte, that's the point of the story.

Old ladies in the Gale family drove like they owned the roads. And the other drivers. And the local police department. And the laws of physics.

the number of angels who can dance on the head of a pin depends entirely on the dance.

When they finally allowed the horses to slow to a walk, Vree dropped out of the saddle to stretch her legs. *We're going to forget how to get anywhere on our own two feet. Gonna end up looking like fat-assed officers.* Vree arched her back, rocked forward, then arched it again, working the stiffness out of her shoulders. *Giving the pounding it's taking, if my ass is getting fat, it's in self-defense.*

If she does call, would you please explain to her that turning the sofa into a pygmy hippo for the afternoon might be very good transfiguration, but it's rather hard on the carpets and it confuses the hippo.

and Phillips, go to Staff Sergeant Pole, have him assign you to platoons." "Platoons, Gunnery Sergeant?" "Got extra food stored in your ears, Phillips?

If you're reading this, Alysha Catherine, I'm dead. Don't make a fuss—it's a state we all come to in the end. Except possibly for Jane who may be too mean to die.

I will shove my fist so far down your fucking throat that you'll be shitting my fingernails for a week.

The aunties were big believers in you made your bed, you crash and burn in it.

It's always Mardi Gras somewhere.

they're going to blame the sorcerer for both those things as well as the hike in Calgary's transit fares, middle-aged women wearing jeans that barely cover their asses, and SciFi canceling The Dresden Files.

The aunties can make Game of Thrones look like Dora the Explorer, but that's not the point.

Does he honestly think he's still in charge?" Mashona wondered. "He thinks Human's First has an apostrophe.

What about some kind of an ancient curse?'' Ancient Curse Kills Two. He could see the headlines now. ''Don't be an asshole.'' The reporter snatched the microphone to safety just in time and, smiling pleasantly, asked, '' Can I quote you on that, Detective?'' Celluci's smile was just as sincere. ''You can tattoo it on your chest.

And she actually preferred watching hockey with that stupid blue light the American television stations were using to help their viewers locate the puck. Trust the Americans not to realize that knowing the position of the puck was the whole point of the game.

I'll send three of Harnet's Di'taken. I have it on good authority that they think the sun shines out of my ass. Pole leaned forwards just enough to bring the major into his line of sight. Pole - All of them? Torrin - Some of them are officers and thus blinded by the sun shining out of their own asses. Pole - Did you just say that? Torrin - Yeah, Torrin offered him her hand. Get over it.

The other hardest thing vampires, our kind has to learn, beside control:] That, and how to hide what we are without becoming less than we are.

Little girls reacted to weakness like wolves – which was not particularly fair to wolves, who were, on the whole, noble creatures.

Not everyone can be equal in wealth, but no one should have to starve.

I wouldn't get into that thing," Austin continued, ears flat, "if I still had all nine lives. Not even if I'd rescued Princess Toadstool and picked up another life. If anything goes wrong, somebody has to be around to say I told you so.

All things are within the Circle. That is the very Center of what we believe. If all things are not enclosed, then there is no Circle.

Because you told me once that the difference between a columnist and a reporter is that the columnist has the luxury to not only ask why but to try and answer it.