"Come on, say it again. I'm a perfect devil. Tell me how bad I am. It makes me feel so good!"
— Anne Rice (The Queen of the Damned)

"None of us really changes over time. We only become more fully what we are."
— Anne Rice (The Vampire Lestat)

"Humor is almost always anger with its make-up on."
— Stephen King (Bag of Bones)

"From where we stand the rain seems random. If we could stand somewhere else, we would see the order in it. "
— Tony Hillerman

"Romance novels are birthday cake and life is often peanut butter and jelly. I think everyone should have lots of delicious romance novels lying around for those times when the peanut butter of life gets stuck to the roof of your mouth."
— Janet Evanovich

"Is that a bulletproof vest? See, now that's so insulting. That's like saying I'm not smart enough to shoot you in the head."
Eddie DeChooch"
— Janet Evanovich (Seven Up)

"Here’s to books, the cheapest vacation you can buy."
— Charlaine Harris

"Full circle. A new terror born in death, a new superstition entering the unassailable fortress of forever. I am legend."
— Richard Matheson (I Am Legend)

"There comes a point when you just love someone. Not because they're good, or bad, or anything really. You just love them. It doesn't mean you'll be together forever. It doesn't mean you won't hurt each other. It just mean you love them. Sometimes in spite of who they are, and sometimes because of who they are. And you know that they love you, sometimes because of who you are, and sometimes in spite of it. - Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter (Incubus Dreams)"
— Laurell K. Hamilton

"Friends don't count the cost of favors."
— Laurell K. Hamilton (Danse Macabre)