Some days you go bear hunting and you get eaten. Some days you come home with a nice rug to roll around on, and bear steaks. What they don't tell you as a kid is that sometimes you get the rug and ste...
I did not run to him, but I did wrap my arms around him, press my ear to his chest, hold on to him as if he were the last solid thing in the world. He stroked my hair and murmured to me in French. I u...
I never want to put my whole world in any one person’s hands again, Jason. If they die, I won’t die with them.’'So you’ll hold a little of yourself back from everybody.’'No,’ I said, 'I’ll hold back a...
That's what underwear is for, girls, so if an emergency happens you only show your cookies to the people you love.
I thought of several alec smart remarks, but you should humor crazy people when you're at their mercy; it's a rule.
Anyone who tells you size doesn't matter has been seeing too many small knives.
We would never go shopping together or eat an entire cake while we complained about men. He'd never invite me over to his house for dinner or a barbecue. We'd never be lovers. But there was a very goo...
The rich and powerful always seem to prefer the tops of buildings. Hasn't anyone ever explained to them that higher just means you have farther to fall? -- Anita Blake
He squeezed my shoulder and smiled at me.I realized that I hadn't kissed him hello, I always kissed him hello. Of course, I was still covered in blood and other bodily fluids, and none of them were hi...
I wasn't afraid of him anymore, because I could smell his fear. You never had to be afraid of anything that was afraid of you.
I sounded like Horton the Elephant. "A person is a person no matter how small." What the hell was I doing standing in the middle of a cave, in the dark, surrounded by wererats, quoting Dr. Seuss, and...
You can't kill us all, human.' He was right. I raised the machine gun a little. 'True, but who's going to be first in line?
Neither love nor evil conquers all, but evil cheats more.
All men love to talk about themselves, even the ones who are completely buggers.
Zebrowski says that if you killed someone else just hide the body, he's not starting over on the paperwork.
She was hell on wheels and used to getting her own way.
To gain your heart's desire you have to lose some part of your old life, your old self. To do that you have to have courage; without it, you can't make the leap. And if you don't make the leap you hav...
Richard was a riddle with no answer, and I was tired of playing a game I couldn't win.
Never trust people who smile constantly. They're either selling something or not very bright.
Patience is a virtue, but there comes a moment when you must stop being patient and take the day by the throat and shake it. If it fights back; fine. I'd rather end up bloody at the end of the day, th...