Everything I needed was in my car, even the chickens
An atheist waving a cross at a vampire was a truly pitiful sight.
There comes a point when you either embrace who and what you are, or condemn yourself to be miserable all your days. Other people will try to make you miserable; don't help them by doing the job yours...
The true way to a man's heart is six inches of metal between his ribs. You have to love Anita Blake… ...
When you spend all your time worrying that the devil is right behind you, eventually you start seeing him whether he's there or not.
What is it about her that is so goddamned special?
Then stop trying to throw logic at nightmares. Sometimes the monsters are real, Anita. Sometimes they're real and the only way to defeat them is to be the bigger monster. ~Bibiana to Anita
The truth is so often disappointing, or ugly; don't you find that, ?
Talking to children is like testifying in court, answer just what’s asked, don’t elaborate, and don’t volunteer information.
Sometimes it's not the optimist you need, but another pessimist to walk beside you and know, absolutely know, that the sound in the dark is a monster, and it really is as bad as you think. Did that so...
Sociopaths spend their lives studying people, because we have to imitate things we don’t understand, or feel, to blend in. It makes us some of the most observant people on the planet.
She stared up at me, and there was something in her eyes, something that said we finally had an understanding. She was afraid of me, and sometimes that’s the best you can do with people. I’d tried kin...
Remember the three rules of vampire hunting. One: Never, ever look them in the eyes. Two: Never, ever give up your cross. Three: Aim for the head and heart. Even with silver ammo, it won't be a killin...
People go away and they don't come back.
No, death hadn't changed [Willie] much. But just in case, I avoided looking directly into his eyes. It was standard policy for dealing with vampires. He was a slime bucket, but now he was an undead sl...
No name-calling truly bites deep unless, in some dark part of us, we believe it. If we are confident enough then it is just noise.
Never criticize, unless you can do a better job.
My purse, like all purses, seems to have a traveling black hole in it.
Money doesn't spend in hell, Wilkes. The devil deals in a different coin.
Mercy will get you killed, but sometimes it's all that makes us human.