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1 " I really wish the “normal” people would leave us freaks alone and stop trying to save us. We get by, we take care of each other, and the people who cost the freaks their jobs didn’t give them employment, or a place to stay, or a family to be a part of; they just destroyed their world and felt morally superior for doing it. "
― Laurell K. Hamilton , Dead Ice (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #24)
2 " Sociopaths spend their lives studying people, because we have to imitate things we don’t understand, or feel, to blend in. It makes us some of the most observant people on the planet. "
3 " he’d wanted to do for years while we dated—the whole princely sweep-you-off-your-feet shit. I liked to keep my feet firmly on the ground unless sex was involved, and you can’t really have sex in a horse-drawn carriage; it scares the horses. "
4 " There are so few true villains, just other screwed-up people who pass the damage on. "
5 " You should never attack a necromancer in a cemetery; it’s like chasing Rambo into a building full of loaded guns. Some people seem to help you kill them. "
6 " Some of the most deeply moral people I knew were least politically correct, because they actually worried about good and evil, not just what they were told was good or bad. "
7 " Patting someone’s hand, or shoulder, a hug, all of it is necessary to be happy and healthy for most people. It doesn’t have to have anything to do with sex; in fact, most of the touch that keeps us all going is as innocent as a newborn lamb frolicking on the spring grass, "
8 " Slow is steady. Steady is smooth. Smooth is fast. Fast is deadly. "
9 " Holy Wrath of God, Batman, your ass was going to be ours soon, you soul-trapping son of a bitch. "
10 " law is enforced the way the law is written; it’s not about true justice, it’s about interpretation of the law and who has the best lawyer. "
11 " We all build upon our ruins. "
12 " Puta, really, that’s the best insult you got? I’ve been called the Whore of Babylon on national TV; puta just doesn’t quite cut it. "
13 " We take turns being smart for each other; I think it’s part of the job description of being a couple. "
14 " you really did want the sleeping dogs to keep napping, because once they woke up they tried to tear your throat out. "
15 " never mistake kindness for weakness, Asher. It’s not the same thing. "
16 " This had been a bad section of town before the Circus moved in and brought in money, which attracted other businesses. The area had been gentrified not because of some government interference, but by good old-fashioned capitalism, which was one of Jean-Claude’s favorite things. "
17 " My Spidey-sense had been tingling since I found the empty car. Sometimes it’s not paranoia; it’s just the truth. "
18 " Only death was final, and without hope; short of that, there were options. "
19 " Boff,” Agent Brent said. “I didn’t know people used that word anymore.” “You young whippersnappers just don’t know a good piece of slang when you hear it, "
20 " there really is no such thing as equality, just different levels of inequality, and how hard are you willing to fight for it all? Fuck. Did "