Quotes by Laurell K. Hamilton

About Laurell K. Hamilton:

Laurell Kaye Hamilton is an American fantasy and romance writer. She is best known as the author of two series of stories.
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Can the sarcasm,' he said. 'Please, I always use fresh sarcasm, never canned.

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I just don't believe in helping people who are going to torture me. Though I don't see any bamboo slivers. How can you possibly torture someone without bamboo slivers?

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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.

Laurell K. Hamilton

Please, I always use fresh sarcasm, never canned.

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He was twenty. I remembered twenty. I'd known everything at twenty. It took me another year to realize I knew nothing. I was still hoping to learn something before I hit thirty, but I wasn't holding my breath.

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That disapproving look was back in her eyes. Her teacher face. The one that could make you squirm from ten paces, even if you were innocent. And I hadn't been innocent for years.

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But I was naturally suspicious; it comes from working too closely with the police for too long. Cynicism is so contagious.

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I sipped my own coffee, heavy on the sugar and cream, trying to make up for the late work the night before. Caffeine and sugar, the two basic food groups.

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

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Why is everything always my decision?" I asked. Because you will not tolerate anything else." Oh, I remembered now. "Great", I whispered. - Anita to Jean-Claude

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If you didn't understand the need for friendship or love, could you be lonely?

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Vampires were always either trying to kill me, or own me. God I hated being popular.

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He held Saraid the rest of the way home, and in a way she held him right back, because sometimes and especially for a man, being able to be someone’s big strong shoulder to cry on helps you not need to cry so very much yourself.

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Most hatred is based on fear, one way or another. Yeah. I wrapped myself in anger, with a dash of hate, and at the bottom of it all was an icy center of pure terror.

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There was a tinge of evil to it, a lot of sex, but under that was a little boy peeking out, an uncertain little boy. That was it. That was the attraction. Nothing is more appealing than a handsome man who is also uncertain of himself.

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It is a very natural human trait to destroy that which frightens us.

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You can't save everybody. In fact, there are days when I think you can't save anyone. Each person has to save himself first, then you can move in and help. I have found this philosophy does not work during a gun battle, or a knife fight either. Outsi...

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A woman could be as beautiful as she felt herself to be.

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Nothing is more appealing than a handsome man who is also uncertain of himself.

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An atheist waving a cross at a vampire was a truly pitiful sight.

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How much time do I get in exchange for that rose?” For the rose, a short engagement. For the speech, you get a lifetime.” I can live with that,” he said, and kissed her.

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Author Bio

  • NameLaurell K. Hamilton
  • DescriptionNovelist
  • BornFebruary 19, 1963
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist
  • WorksMerry Gentry (series)