I held on to my better nature by my fingernails but I held on. Charlaine Harris More Quotes by Charlaine Harris More Quotes From Charlaine Harris Self-pity is like chocolate; as you get older, you can only afford a little bit. Charlaine Harris chocolateselflittles I was embarrased, horrified and absolutely ready to jump him! Charlaine Harris ready You just don't want a vampire pissed off at you. Charlaine Harris pissed-offvampirewant you have to play it out sometimes. Charlaine Harris playsometimes A dog – a collie – went up to Eric, looked up at his face, and growled. “Shoo,” Eric said, making an imperious gesture with his hand. Charlaine Harris ericdoghands Well, that's certainly... adequate," I told him, burying my face in his chest. I knew immediately I'd picked the wrong word. "Adequate?" He took my hand, placed it on the part in question. It immediately began to stir. He moved my hand on it, and I obligingly circled it with my fingers. "This is adequate?" "Maybe I should have said it's a gracious plenty?" "A gracious plenty. I like that," he said. Charlaine Harris adequateshould-havehands We followed the bondage Bobbsey Twins across the crowded dance floor. Those leather shorts were an adventure from behind, let me tell you. And the pictures of Elvis decorating the walls were an education, too. It wasn’t often you ran into a bondage/Elvis/ whorehouse-themed vampire club. Charlaine Harris vampirewalladventure Most humans were on one big island, to the fairies, and that island was adrift on a sea called I Totally Don’t Care. Charlaine Harris careseaislands Oklahoma is very beautiful, and Eric loves beauty, but he already has that in you. Charlaine Harris ericoklahomabeautiful It wasn't often you ran into bondage/Elvis/whorehouse-themed vampire club Charlaine Harris vampirebondageclubs Oh. No wonder I'd been sick. I hadn't eaten anything since then. I'm a girl who likes her meals, so it hadn't been a weight-loss tactic. I'd just been too busy bumping from crisis to crisis. Go on the Sookie Stackhouse Narrow Avoidance of Death Diet! Run for your life, and miss meals, too! Exercise plus starvation. Charlaine Harris girllossrunning (Sookie's Thoughts on Debbie Pelt) she had been cruel to Alcide, insulted me grievously, burned a hole in my favorite wrap and—oh—tried to kill me by proxy. Also, she had stupid hair. Charlaine Harris my-favoritestupidhair Okay I've been stupid in the past. Not consistently stupid, but occasionally stupid. And I've made mistakes. You bet, I've made mistakes. Charlaine Harris stupidmistakepast Are you a prude?' He seemed genuinely curious. 'No!' But after a second, I said, 'But may be compared to you, yes! I like my privacy. I get to decide who sees me naked. Do you get my point?' 'Yes. Objectively speaking, you have beautiful points.' I thought the top of my head would pop off... (Sookie Stackhouse & Claude, Dead in the Family) Charlaine Harris nakedmaybeautiful I didn't know what to think about first: me seeing Claude naked, Claude seeing me naked, or the whole fact that we were related and naked in the same room. (Sookie Stackhouse, Dead in the Family) Charlaine Harris roomsfirststhinking Then was ashamed of myself. I should be happy for what I'd been given. I hoped God hadn't noticed my lapse in appreciation. Charlaine Harris lapsesshouldappreciation As I watched Bill, waiting with apparent calm for death to come to him, I had a flash of him as I'd known him: the first vampire I'd ever met, the first man I'd ever gone to bed with, the first suitor I'd ever loved. Everything that followed had tainted those memories, but for one moment I saw him clearly, and I loved him again. Charlaine Harris waitingmenmemories We want to climb in with you,' Dermot said. 'We'll all sleep better.' That seemed incredibly weird and creepy to me - or maybe I only thought it should have. I was simply too tired to argue. I climbed in the bed. Claude got in on one side of me, Dermot on the other. Just when I was thinking, I would never be able to sleep, that this situation was too odd and too wrong, I felt a kind of blissful relaxation roll through my body, a kind of unfamiliar comfort. I was with family. I was with blood. And I slept. Charlaine Harris tiredsleepthinking I could add her to the long list of people I didn't understand. Charlaine Harris addlongpeople Life had sure been simpler when I hadn't dated. Charlaine Harris
