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1 " But I also knew that if he turned away from me at this moment, somehow I would survive that, and I would find a way to flourish like the yard that still bloomed and grew around my family home.I'm Sookie Stackhouse. I belong here. "
― Charlaine Harris , Dead Ever After (Sookie Stackhouse, #13)
2 " Life should imitate romance literature far more often. "
3 " No matter what happens in public—no matter what—don’t doubt that I love you and care about your welfare . . . as much as I am able. "
4 " It's always possible for human beings to spoil their own peace of mind "
5 " Maybe I felt like I'd come so close to forever-death that I'd better step back and take a look at my life. Maybe I didn't like a lot of what I'd done with it so far. "
6 " If weeds could flourish with such vigor, may I could, too. "
7 " Experience had taught me it's better to be wary and feel ridiculous than to get conked on the head, or abducted, or whatever the enemy plan of the day might be. "
8 " Just what I needed, another psycho bitch after me. Hadn't the Weres pretty much cornered that market? "
9 " Your life was not right when you were actually surprised that someone didn't want to kill you. "
10 " Nothing is ever clear-cut in Bon Temps. What passes for truth is only a convenient lie. What passes for justice is more spilled blood. And what passes for love is never enough... "
11 " Even witches sing the blues, "
12 " In books, the hero was gone after the big blowup. He didn’t stick around in the vicinity doing mysterious shit, sending messages to the heroine by a third party. He hauled his ass into oblivion. And that was the way things should be, as far as I was concerned. Life should imitate romance literature far more often. "
13 " So the cluviel dor was a test of Eric’s sincerity, in Niall’s eyes. And the cluviel dor was a test of my love for Eric, in Eric’s eyes,” I said. “And we both failed the test. "
14 " He didn’t stick around in the vicinity doing mysterious shit, sending messages to the heroine by a third party. He hauled his ass into oblivion. And that was the way things should be, as far as I was concerned. Life should imitate romance literature far more often. "
15 " I enjoyed my arms around him, the sense of him next to me. And if you were to ask me, I would confess that I thought Sam and I would be together, maybe by Christmas, maybe for always. I couldn’t imagine a future without him. But I also knew that if he turned away from me at this moment, somehow I would survive that, and I would find a way to flourish like the yard that still bloomed and grew around my family home. I’m Sookie Stackhouse. I belong here. "
16 " How could two people in love so misjudge each other? "
17 " Do you sometimes wish you could fast-forward a week? You know something bad's coming up, and you know you'll get through it, but the prospect just makes you feel sick. I worried for about thirty minutes, and though I knew there was no point in doing so, I could feel my anxiety twisting me up in a knot. 'Bullshit,' I told myself stoutly. 'This is utter bullshit. "
18 " Maybe’ is such a bad word,” I said. “You can ‘maybe’ yourself back to Adam and Eve and the serpent. "
19 " Did Harlequin have a line of books for guys-out-of-prison-get-redeemed romances? "
20 " that belonged in the big pile of things that weren’t my problem. "
