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From Dead to Worse (Sookie Stackhouse, #8) QUOTES

From Dead to Worse (Sookie Stackhouse, #8) QUOTES

1 " I put the books I was returning on the appropriate desk, and I began looking at the shelves of new arrivals. Most of them were some permutation on self-help. Going by how popular these books were and how often they were checked out, everyone in Bon Temps should have become perfect by now. "

― Charlaine Harris , From Dead to Worse (Sookie Stackhouse, #8)

2 " Bring it on, fur-ass! "

― Charlaine Harris , From Dead to Worse (Sookie Stackhouse, #8)

3 " I want to be first. I know that’s selfish, and maybe unattainable, and maybe shallow. But I just want to come first with someone. If that’s wrong of me, so be it. I’ll be wrong. But that’s the way I feel.” (Sookie Stackhouse) "

― Charlaine Harris , From Dead to Worse (Sookie Stackhouse, #8)

4 " This was an unpleasant trend. I didn’t want a lot of guys popping in and out of my bedroom. I wanted one who would stay. "

― Charlaine Harris , From Dead to Worse (Sookie Stackhouse, #8)

5 " The security light made me feel safe, though I knew that was an illusion. If there's light, you can just see what's coming for you a little more clearly. "

― Charlaine Harris , From Dead to Worse (Sookie Stackhouse, #8)

6 " I was surprised to find out there was a direct line from my palm to my, my, hootchie. "

― Charlaine Harris , From Dead to Worse (Sookie Stackhouse, #8)

7 " If this was The Lord of the Rings and I had a smart British voice like Cate Blanchett, I could tell you the background of the events of that fall in a really suspenseful way. And you’d be straining to hear the rest. "

― Charlaine Harris , From Dead to Worse (Sookie Stackhouse, #8)

8 " No blame, no hate - why no communication? "

― Charlaine Harris , From Dead to Worse (Sookie Stackhouse, #8)

9 " I could add her to the long list of people I didn't understand. "

― Charlaine Harris , From Dead to Worse (Sookie Stackhouse, #8)

10 " you have to play it out sometimes. "

― Charlaine Harris , From Dead to Worse (Sookie Stackhouse, #8)

11 " I thought about making biscuits, but there seemed to be more than enough calories on board. "

― Charlaine Harris , From Dead to Worse (Sookie Stackhouse, #8)

12 " But when I heard his voice, I felt content. When I was with him, I felt beautiful and happy. And there was nothing I could do about it. "

― Charlaine Harris , From Dead to Worse (Sookie Stackhouse, #8)

13 " Lots of kids in our neck of the woods call their grandfathers "Papaw "

― Charlaine Harris , From Dead to Worse (Sookie Stackhouse, #8)

14 " I found it harder and harder to stick to what was right, when what was expedient made better sense. "

― Charlaine Harris , From Dead to Worse (Sookie Stackhouse, #8)

15 " My brother was an asshole, and Crystal was a whore. These were facts I had to deal with. "

― Charlaine Harris , From Dead to Worse (Sookie Stackhouse, #8)

16 " Everyone was getting married or falling in love. I was happy for them. Happy, happy, happy. I pasted a smile on my face and went to Piggly Wiggly. "

― Charlaine Harris , From Dead to Worse (Sookie Stackhouse, #8)

17 " As I put one foot on the steps, Hunter said silently, Bye, Aunt Sookie. Bye, Hunter, I said right back. "

― Charlaine Harris , From Dead to Worse (Sookie Stackhouse, #8)

18 " I would give anything to lie with you again,” he said. "

― Charlaine Harris , From Dead to Worse (Sookie Stackhouse, #8)

19 " I did what I have been told to do by my queen. In so doing, I fell into a trap I couldn't escape. I still can't."

"The trap of LUUUUVVVV, I thought sarcastically. But he was too serious, too calm, to mock. "

― Charlaine Harris , From Dead to Worse (Sookie Stackhouse, #8)

20 " I trudged back to my bedroom and pushed the door open, intending to wash my face or brush my teeth or make some stab at smoothing my hair, because I thought it might make me feel a little less trampled.
Eric was sitting on my bed, his face buried in his hands. He looked up at me as I entered, and he looked shocked. Well, no wonder, what with the very thorough takeover and traumatic changing of the guard.
Sitting here on your bed, smelling your scent,” he said in a voice so low I had to strain to hear it.
Sookie . . . I remember everything.”
Oh, hell,” I said, and went in the bathroom and shut the door. I brushed my hair and my teeth and scrubbed my face, but I had to come out. I was being as cowardly as Quinn if I didn’t face the vampire.
Eric started talking the minute I emerged. “I can’t believe I—”
Yeah, yeah, I know, loved a mere human, made all those promises, was as sweet as pie and wanted to stay with me forever,” I muttered. Surely there was a shortcut we could take through this scene.
I can’t believe I felt something so strongly and was so happy for the first time in hundreds of years,” Eric said with some dignity. “Give me some credit for that, too. "

― Charlaine Harris , From Dead to Worse (Sookie Stackhouse, #8)