Sometimes the greatest wounds are the ones we try the hardest not to inflict. Laurell K. Hamilton More Quotes by Laurell K. Hamilton More Quotes From Laurell K. Hamilton Put any woman in an area run mostly by men and rumors will fly. Unless you make it very clear that you are off limits, there is also a certain competitiveness that sets in. Some men are either trying to run you out of town or get into your pants. They don't seem to know any other way to deal with a woman. If you're not a sexual object, you're a threat. Laurell K. Hamilton rumor running men The heart wants what it wants, Dolp. You don't plan on making your life complicated, it just happens,and you don"t do it on purpose, and you don't do it to hurt people who love you. It just turns out that way sometimes. Laurell K. Hamilton hurt love-you heart I will bathe in your warmth ma petite. Roll you around me until my heart beats only for you. My breath will grow warm from your kiss. Laurell K. Hamilton kissing lust heart You can't kill us all, human.' He was right. I raised the machine gun a little. 'True, but who's going to be first in line? Laurell K. Hamilton machines lines gun I had been downright paranoid all afternoon, aware of everyone near me. By the time I went for the car, my neck and shoulders were knotted into one painful ache. The most frightening thing I'd seen all afternoon had been the prices on the designer clothing. Laurell K. Hamilton necks afternoon car They say not to look back, but if you’re not sure what lies ahead, what else is there but looking back? Laurell K. Hamilton not-sure lying looks What happens in Vegas may stay in Vegas, but what happens in New Orleans, goes home with you. Laurell K. Hamilton vegas new-orleans home What is love? Sometimes it's just letting yourself be who and what you are, and letting the person you're supposed to love be who and what he is too. Or maybe what and who they are. Laurell K. Hamilton what-is-love love-is sometimes If your life works, and you work in it, then it’s okay, whatever is happening is okay. Laurell K. Hamilton happenings okay ifs He had this old southern idea of what a lady should be. A lady should not carry a gun and spend most of her time covered in blood and corpses. I had two words for that attitude. Yeah, those are the words. Laurell K. Hamilton gun attitude blood Somehow I think Trophy Wives wear more makeup and less cutlery. But hey, I haven't ever met a Trophy Wife, maybe I'm wrong. Maybe they know what I know, that the true way to a man's heart is six inches of metal between his ribs. Laurell K. Hamilton makeup heart men one of the good things about being a woman is that my level of testosterone poisoning is lower than most men's. Laurell K. Hamilton being-a-woman levels men Most hatred is based on fear, one way or another. Yeah. I wrapped myself in anger, with a dash of hate, and at the bottom of it all was an icy center of pure terror. Laurell K. Hamilton anger hate fear He'd kill you all right. No sweat. But for the wrong reasons. Amateur's reasons. Of course, you'll be just as dead. Laurell K. Hamilton sweat courses reason Death didn't bother me much. Strong Christian and all that. Method of death did. Being eaten alive. One of my top three ways not to go out. Laurell K. Hamilton three strong christian His eyes widened just a bit, his lips flexed. I realized he was trying not to laugh. I hate it when people find my threats amusing. Laurell K. Hamilton hate eye people All I really wanted to do was cuddle back under the blankets, maybe with a certain stuffed toy penguin I knew. Yeah, hiding sounded good. Laurell K. Hamilton penguins hiding toys There comes a point when you just love someone. Not because they're good, or bad, or anything really. You just love them. It doesn't mean you'll be together forever. It doesn't mean you won't hurt each other. It just mean you love them. Sometimes in spite of who they are, and sometimes because of who they are. And you know that they love you, sometimes because of who you are, and sometimes in spite of it. Laurell K. Hamilton hurt love-you mean Still it might be nice, once in a while, not to have to choose between evils. Just once, couldn't I choose the lesser good? Laurell K. Hamilton nice evil might I'd been willing to kill for the people I loved for a very long time; now I had to start living for them. Laurell K. Hamilton willing long people