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"Reality is like a fruitcake; pretty enough to look at but with all sorts of nasty things lurking just beneath the surface."
— A. Lee Martinez

tags: fruitcake, gils_all_fright_diner, reality
9 people liked it

"Terrible errors are rarely made all at once. Usually they are performed one small misstep at a time."
— A. Lee Martinez (A Nameless Witch)

1 person liked it

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

342 people liked it

"Evil is always possible. And goodness is eternally difficult."
— Anne Rice (Interview With the Vampire)

tags: evil, good
161 people liked it

"The prince is never going to come. Everyone knows that; and maybe sleeping beauty's dead."
— Anne Rice (The Vampire Lestat)

tags: despair
110 people liked it

"Keep your secrets
Keep your silence
It is a better gift than truth"
— Anne Rice (The Queen of the Damned)

32 people liked it

"I can’t help being a gorgeous fiend. It’s just the card I drew."
— Anne Rice (The Queen of the Damned)

tags: lestat, vampires
32 people liked it

"Believe in angels? Then believe in vampires. Believe in me. There are worse things on earth."
— Anne Rice (Memnoch the Devil)

tags: vampires
24 people liked it

"How shameful. How predictable! How insipid. And how sweet."
— Anne Rice

22 people liked it

"...And what constitutes evil, real evil, is the taking of a single human life. Whether a man would die tomorrow or the day after or eventually... it doesn't matter. Because if God does not exist, then life... every second of it... Is all we have."
— Anne Rice (Interview With The Vampire)

tags: evil
22 people liked it

"You don't love a girl because of beauty. You love her because she sings a song only you can understand."
— L.J. Smith (Secret Vampire)

tags: james, night, secret, vampire, world
148 people liked it

""Even when we're apart, we'll be looking at the same sky!""
— L.J. Smith (Daughters of Darkness)

tags: ash, night, world
75 people liked it

"People die . . . so love them every day.
Beauty fades . . . so look before it's gone.
Love changes . . . but not the love you give.
And if you love, you'll never be alone."
— L.J. Smith (Witchlight)

63 people liked it

"And if he left me of his own free will, then he should get ready for the bitch-slapping of his life."
— L.J. Smith

42 people liked it

"'Why do people always assume that volume will succeed when logic won’t?' Damon murmured."
— L.J. Smith (Nightfall)

tags: damon, elena, fiction, romance, vampire
40 people liked it

"I don't need to kill goats to say things. I CAN talk."
— L.J. Smith (Daughters of Darkness)

tags: ash, darkness, daughters, night, redfern, smith, world
32 people liked it

"Jeremy: "Who did it? Wait-you think I did. Don't you?"
Ash: "It did cross our minds at one point. Actually, it seemed to keep crossing them. Back and forth. Maybe we should put in a crosswalk.""
— L.J. Smith (Daughters of Darkness)

35 people liked it

"You're talking!"
"I know I am."
"And making sense!"
"Thank you kindly."
"And in sentences!"
"I've noticed." - Stefan and Elena"
— L.J. Smith (Nightfall)

40 people liked it

"Ghouls weren't smart, but like the Energizer Bunny they kept going and going."
— L.J. Smith (Huntress)

29 people liked it

"And just then Damon stepped out of the coat closet, and at the same time Aunt Maggie tripped him neatly and said, “Bathroom door beside you,” and picked up a vase and hit the rising Damon over the head with it. Hard."
— L.J. Smith (Nightfall)

tags: damon, elena, fiction, paranormal, romance, vampire
23 people liked it

""You know, you've never really cared about anyone," he said. "But someday you will, and it's going to hurt. It's going to hurt a lot." "
— L.J. Smith (Secret Vampire)

tags: james, night, rasmussen, world
30 people liked it

"'Okay. I'll Help you fight. What do you think we're up against? Bears, Coyotes...'
'My Brother'"
— L.J Smith

tags: carter, darkness, daughters, jade, l-j, mark, nightworld, redfern, smith
18 people liked it

""Bad magic happens"
Ash Redfern"
— L.J. Smith

tags: night, secret, vampire, world
19 people liked it

"The thing is- and I know this is going to sound strabge-that I seem to love you sort of desperately""
— L.J. Smith (Daughters of Darkness)

tags: ash, redfern
18 people liked it

"It was like a song, one of those sweet, wrenching songs that makes the hair on your arms stand up. That makes you want to throw yourself on the floor and just bawl. Or fall backward and surrender to the music utterly."
— L.J. Smith (Night World, No. 1: Secret Vampire; Daughters of Darkness; Spellbinder)

21 people liked it

"I used my brains to outsmart teachers- and that was'nt very smart at all"
— L.J. Smith (Night World, No. 1: Secret Vampire; Daughters of Darkness; Spellbinder)

19 people liked it

"Katherine," he said. He was still smiling.
"Yes." She leaned closer.
"Katherine..."
"Yes, Damon?"
"Go to hell."
— L.J. Smith (The Fury and Dark Reunion)

27 people liked it

"Elena startled both of them by flying up so quickly that Stefan had to grab her by the waist to keep her from shooting toward the ceiling.
“I thought you had gravity!”
“So did I! What do I do?”
“Think heavy thoughts!”
“What if it doesn’t work?”
“We’ll buy you an anchor!”"
— L.J. Smith (Nightfall)

13 people liked it

"You,” Damon said somewhat indistinctly through the blood in his mouth, “have been a naughty boy, boy."
— L.J. Smith (Nightfall)

8 people liked it

""Love and death are everything, Jenny. Danger is the best part of the game. I thought you knew that."
-Julian"
— L.J. Smith (The Chase)

tags: forbidden, game, jenny, julian
5 people liked it

""I fell in love with you. I didn't do it on purpose""
— L.J. Smith (The Hunter)

tags: jenny, julian, love
10 people liked it

"Wait. Why am I thinking about Krispy Kremes? We’re supposed to be exercising."
— Meg Cabot (Big Boned)

tags: food, humor
195 people liked it

"Unrequited love is all right in books and things, but in real life, it completely sucks"
— Meg Cabot (Haunted)

115 people liked it

"What's a mediator you ask? Oh, a person who acts as a liason between the living and the dead. Hey, wait a minute...what're you doing with that strait jacket?-Suze Simon's imagination"
— Meg Cabot (Twilight)

43 people liked it

"I'm sorry, Heather, but everything was not just fine before I got here. You know how I know that? Because you're dead. Okay? You are dead. Dead people don't have lockers, or best friends, or boyfriends. You know why? Because they're dead.-Suze Simon"
— Meg Cabot (Shadowland)

37 people liked it

"It will hurt. Because deep down, I'll know there was someone.. someone I was supposed to have met. Only I'll never meet him. I'll go through my whole life waiting for him to come along, only he never will. What kind of life is that?"
— Meg Cabot (Twilight)

22 people liked it

"That hurt querida, that really hurt"
— Meg Cabot (Shadowland)

2 people liked it

" “Hasn’t anyone ever told you,” Jesse asked, in a semi-amused voice, “ that a gentleman never lays a hand on a lady?”
Which I thought was kind of funny, considering where Jesse had had his hand the last time I’d seen him. But I thought it better to let that slide.
(page 118)
TWILIGHT the Mediator Series book 6
By Meg Cabot
"
— Meg Cabot (Twilight)

tags: cabot, meg
5 people liked it

"If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)

tags: integrity
3,704 people liked it

"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone)

tags: dreams, life
2,038 people liked it

"Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban)

tags: happiness
1,596 people liked it

"You're the one who is weak. You will never know love or friendship. And I feel sorry for you."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)

tags: friendship, love, weakness
1,457 people liked it

"To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone)

tags: death, inspirational
1,434 people liked it

"It takes much bravery to stand up to our enemies but we need as much bravery to stand up to our friends."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone)

tags: courage, friends
1,277 people liked it

"I solemnly swear that I am up to no good."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban)

tags: mischief
897 people liked it

"Do you remember me telling you we are practicing non-verbal spells, Potter?"
"Yes," said Harry stiffly.
"Yes, sir."
"There's no need to call me "sir" Professor."
The words had escaped him before he knew what he was saying."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince)

tags: humor, rebellion, sarcasm
786 people liked it

"Oh well... I'd just been thinking, if you had died, you'd have been welcome to share my toilet."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets)

tags: flirting, humor
732 people liked it

"Just because you have the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn't mean we all have."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)

tags: hermione
698 people liked it

"It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all - in which case, you fail by default."
— J.K. Rowling

tags: failure, harvard-commencement-speech
715 people liked it

"Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all those who live without love."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)

tags: death, live, love
591 people liked it

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