Laurell K. Hamilton

Ethan gave me an admiring look that wasn't about sex, but about that guy moment when they realize you are not just another pretty face, but maybe, just maybe you can be cute, petite, and one of the guys all at the same time.

Sex is like crying, it does look pretty if you really do it

Before I knew you, I thought brave was not being afraid. You've taught me that bravery is being terrified and doing it anyway.

Sometimes you fight what you are, and sometimes you give in to it. And some nights you just don__ want to fight yourself anymore, so you pick someone else to fight.

There's Only so much emotional super glue in a person's soul, that everything just stays broken.

Give a truly good person power, and they__e still a good person. Give a bad person power, and they__e still a bad person. The question is always about the person in between. The one that isn__ evil, or good, but just ordinary. You don__ always know what an ordinary person is like on the inside.

The truth may not set you free, but used carefully, it can confuse the hell out of your enemies.

Men don't settle down because of the right woman. They settle down because they are finally ready for it. Whatever woman they're dating when they get ready is the one they settle down with, not necessarily the best one or the prettiest, just the one who happened to be on hand when the time got to be right. Unromantic, but still true.

There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.

Love is too precious to be ashamed of.

I used to think I knew what was right and what was wrong, and who the good guys are, and who the bad guys are. Then the world got very gray, and I didn't know anything for a long time

All I really wanted to do was cuddle back under the blankets, maybe with a certain stuffed toy penguin I knew. Yeah, hiding sounded good.

I hate women who complain about being fat when they're like a size 5. Anything under size 5 isn't a woman. It's a boy with breasts.

I'd never met coffee that wasn't wonderful. It was just a matter of how wonderful it was.

Neither love nor evil conquers all, but evil cheats more.

When in doubt, ignore and be horribly unimpressed

His eyes widened just a bit, his lips flexed. I realized he was trying not to laugh. I hate it when people find my threats amusing.

Death didn't bother me much. Strong Christian and all that. Method of death did. Being eaten alive. One of my top three ways not to go out.