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.

— Laurell K. Hamilton

Death, especially violent death, will turn the meanest bastard in the world into a nice guy. Why is that?

— Laurell K. Hamilton

Easy does it, boys. I just need help standing, not flying.

— Laurell K. Hamilton

Edward leaned close and whispered in my ear so that Olaf would think he was whispering sweet nothing's, but what he actually said, was, "We aren't the good guys, Anita. We're the necessary guys.

— Laurell K. Hamilton

Edward smiled, I smiled, even Bernardo smiled. Olaf just looked sinister.

— 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.

— Laurell K. Hamilton

Every ruler should strive for his people to love him. But if they cannot love you, then make them fear you. Love is better, but fear will do the job.

— Laurell K. Hamilton

Give a perfect person power, and they’re still a good person. Give a bad person power, and they’re still a bad person. The question is always about the person in between. The one that isn’t evil, or good, but just ordinary. You don’t always know what an ordinary person is like on the inside.

— Laurell K. Hamilton

Grimes believed in what he did, with no doubts. Though he was older than I by over a decade, I suddenly felt old. Some things mark your soul, not in years but in blood and pain and selling off parts of yourself to get the bad guys, until you finally look in the mirror and aren’t sure which side you’re on anymore. There comes a point when having a badge doesn’t make you the good guy, it just makes you one of the guys. I needed to be one of the good guys, or what the hell was I doing?

— Laurell K. Hamilton

He balled his hand into a fist. "You are such a bitch." "Woof, woof," I said.

— Laurell K. Hamilton