Affliction Quotes

“True love means you love the real person, not an ideal that you have in your head and superimpose over them. That's illusion and lies to me.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, Affliction

“Sometimes love isn't about being smart. Sometimes it's about being stupid together.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, Affliction

“And your excuse?' I asked.
'I'm a sociopath; I don't have to be nice,' Nicky said.
I gave him a look.
'You're mad at him.I can feel it; which means I really don't have to be nice to him.'
'I thought you were friends.'
'What part of sociopath didn't you understand?' he asked.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, Affliction

“Some issues stay fresh every time you open them up. It's like evil magical Tupperware -- it stays fresh forever.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, Affliction

“...you don't need ghosts to be haunted. Memory does that just fine without any supernatural help at all.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, Affliction

“I shook my head. "I'm good, Nicky helped."

Nicky looked at Edward. "She's having one of those what-if-killing-feels-really-good, doesn't-that-make-me-a-bad-person moments."

Edward nodded as if that made perfect sense. "Then it feels good. We can't really control what flips our switch; don't judge it, Anita, and just accept it."

I wanted to argue, but it would have been beyond stupid to argue with the two sociopaths in my life. "Why do I have moral quandary questions with the two of you?"

"Because you don't really have moral quandaries about violence, Anita, but you're afraid of being judged for enjoying it, so you only bring it to the two people in your life who won't judge you."

I wanted to argue with Edward, but I couldn't. "Well, fuck.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, Affliction

“Real ghosts are so much easier to deal with than the kind we carry around in our heads. Most people haunt themselves more effectively than any spirit.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, Affliction

“Dead is the stoppest stop of all.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, Affliction

“Edward: I don't know whether to put my fingers in my ears and go la-la-la or find more of your guards so we can take bets.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, Affliction

“If I don't say it enough, Jean-Claude, I love you, I love seeing your face across the table while we eat, and watching you root at Cynric's football games, and watching you read bedtime stories to Matthew when he stays with us, and a thousand surprising things, all of it, its you, and I love you."
"You will make me cry."
"A smart friend told me that it's okay to cry, sometimes you're so happy it spills out your eyes.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, Affliction

“The only part of love that is blind is that first rush of endorphins and craziness; after that wears off, no one knows you as honestly, warts and all, as the people who love you, truly love you.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, Affliction

“He wrapped his hand around mine and moved it from his lips, laying a gentle kiss on my fingers as he did it. ‘When I saw you on the television bleeding and hurt I knew you would not die, because I could feel how hurt you were, and I knew we had power to heal you and bring you safely home to me, to us, but it wasn’t enough, ma petite.’ He pressed my hand to his chest. ‘I needed to feel this. I needed to touch your skin, kiss your lips, hold you as close as I could. I would survive your death physically, I believe there is enough power now for that, but my heart …’ He raised my hand and kissed it. ‘My heart, it beats for you, Anita Blake. If there were a way for us to marry without the other men in our lives feeling excluded, I would ask it of you.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, Affliction

“Jean-Claude’s eyes widened just a bit. ‘Ma petite, you have had a busy night, I see.’ His French accent was as thick as I’d heard it in a while, which meant he was feeling strong emotions that he couldn’t quite hide, but he was trying. I appreciated the effort, because the accent alone meant that what he wanted to say was his version of, You are covered in blood and worse, which means you were in horrible danger and probably nearly died … again! How can you keep risking yourself like that when I love you so much?”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, Affliction

“I am not always certain that it is I who am the better person, ma petite, but together we are the better person.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, Affliction

“Love doesn't conquer all, but it can help you conquer everything else.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, Affliction

“If you don't feel loved maybe the outward trappings like weddings and wedding rings become important?”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, Affliction

“We call them survivors, but once the vampires get you, the person you were dies, like any traumatized part of you never leaves that room, that car, that moment, and you walk forward a ghost of your former self. You rebuild yourself over the years, but the person you were isn’t the person you become. The great bad thing happens, and you become a ghost in your own life, and then you become flesh and blood and remake your life, but the ghosts of what happened don’t go away completely. They wait for you in low moments, and then they wail at you, shaking their chains in your face and trying to strangle you with them.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, Affliction

“If you’re doing it right, love makes you more of who you are, not less,”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, Affliction

“It’s not my fault that it’s illegal to marry multiple men at the same time; that’s like saying that a gay couple isn’t as serious as a straight couple because the straight couple is married, at the same time you make it impossible for the gay couple to marry.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, Affliction

“We can order him to make appointments and talk to someone, but we can't force him to actually do the work. You've got to be willing to work on your issues. You've got to be willing to face hard truths and fight to get better. that takes courage and force of will. (Anita)”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, Affliction

“I didn’t believe in happily-ever-after, but I did believe in happier-than-we’d-ever-been, because I was living it.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, Affliction

“Sex may not be the answer to everything, but it’s also not the worst answer to a lot of things.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, Affliction

“Some women feel loved if you do the dishes without being reminded; some men feel loved if you’ll play a video game with them, others if you buy them a collar and a nice leash and occasionally lead them around by it.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, Affliction

“There are pains too deep for words, but there’s touch to say what words can’t.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, Affliction

“Sometimes love isn’t about being smart. Sometimes it’s about being stupid together. I hated those moments, but I’d grown to understand that love, real love, is full of choices that make no sense, that should go horribly wrong, but you make the choice anyway. Why? Because love is about hope; you hope that this time it will be different.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, Affliction

“The great bad thing happens, and you become a ghost in your own life, and then you become flesh and blood and remake your life, but the ghosts of what happened don’t go away completely. They wait for you in low moments, and then they wail at you, shaking their chains in your face and trying to strangle you with them.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, Affliction

“Don’t ask,” Micah said. “They’ve been best friends for years. Sometimes you just nod and let them have their guy moment.” Dr. Cross frowned harder. “I don’t understand.” “I’m the wife,” Micah said, “she’s the husband, and he’s the husband’s best friend. Does that explain it?”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, Affliction

“But you’re bisexual,” Juliet said, and it was brave of her to make the distinction. “You’re either straight or gay to most people,” Dev said, “and if a guy touches another guy he’s gay, period.” Nathaniel drew away from Micah enough to say, “Just like a lot of the gay community thinks a man who touches a woman isn’t gay enough. They think bisexual means you haven’t made up your mind or won’t admit the truth.” “Really?” Juliet said. He nodded. “The gay community can be just as narrow-minded as the straight community.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, Affliction

“You’re as tough as you are beautiful, which means a lot of women must hate you on sight, and the men can’t decide whether to try to compete with you or sleep with you.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, Affliction

“Since we’re made in God’s image, this must be from Him, so even God must need an “atta boy,” an out-loud, in-your-head “Thank you, great job on that sunset and that platypus was a brilliant fun idea.” Maybe that’s why we’re supposed to pray the way we do, because without it God would be lonely.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, Affliction