Illusion is sometimes all that keeps us sane." - Anita Laurell K. Hamilton More Quotes by Laurell K. Hamilton More Quotes From Laurell K. Hamilton Always having to have the last word is a bad trait. Pisses people off. Laurell K. Hamilton last-wordslastspeople I was shaking all over, and it wasn't from the vampire. Memories have teeth, too. Laurell K. Hamilton vampireteethmemories It was two weeks before Christmas. A slow time of year for raising the dead. Laurell K. Hamilton weektwoyears Every religion has demons.... Nothing like a real, live demon to give you some of that old-time religion. Laurell K. Hamilton demonrealgiving Never look back; something is always gaining on you. Laurell K. Hamilton looks Two things I do well in books are sex and violence, but I don't want gratuitous sex or violence. The sex and violence are only as graphic as need be. And never included unless it furthers the plot or character development Laurell K. Hamilton characterbooksex I love animals, always have, and it seemed natural to help the ASPCA. Animals have no voice of their own, so we have to be that voice Laurell K. Hamilton voicehelpinganimal I hate to shop. I consider it one of life's necessary evils, like brussels sprouts and high-heeled shoes. Laurell K. Hamilton shoppingshoeshate Patience is a virtue, but there comes a moment when you must stop being patient and take the day by the throat and shake it. If it fights back; fine. I'd rather end up bloody at the end of the day, then unhurt with no progress made, no knowledge gained. I'd rather have a no, then nothing. I'd forgotten that about myself. Laurell K. Hamilton fightingpatienceknowledge The only good enemy is a dead enemy. Laurell K. Hamilton good-enemyenemy Vampires can live a very long time, theoretically forever, which means their idea of getting down to business can be damn leisurely. Laurell K. Hamilton longmeanideas When sex is necessary for the plot of a book, or a character development, then I don't shy away from it. Why should I? Laurell K. Hamilton characterbooksex More sex. We must have more sex. Laurell K. Hamilton sex I wasn't like most girls. Laurell K. Hamilton girl Power makes you a monarch, and all the fancy robes in the world won't do the job without it. Laurell K. Hamilton powerjobsworld Sex was never as neat as the movies made it. Real sex was messy. Good sex was messier. Laurell K. Hamilton realmadesex I'm not real big on repentence ... I like revenge better. Laurell K. Hamilton bigsrealrevenge I think that my vampires in general were influenced by my being allowed to watch the Hammer vampire films. Vampire Circus, also shown as Circus of Fear, was one of those movies Laurell K. Hamilton vampireghoulsthinking I'm more influenced by my own interests than anyone else's. Writers have to entertain themselves, or they can't entertain anyone else Laurell K. Hamilton hostliteraturewriting I started off like everyone else does, slogging but having a compulsion to put words on paper. I didn't write or read horror or fantasy, other than children's fantasy, until I was in my teens Laurell K. Hamilton doewritingchildren
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