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 A girl could never have too much jewelry or too much weaponry. Laurell K. Hamilton jewelrytoo-muchgirl Sometimes you deal with the devil not because you want to, but because if you don't, someone else will. Laurell K. Hamilton devilwantsometimes She should have remembered that people have given everything they own, everything they are, to be taken care of, and to have their pain gone. It's the lure of cults: the promise of a good family; it's what people think love is, but love isn't absence of pain, it's a hand to hold while you're going through it. Laurell K. Hamilton paintakenlove-is I try to be a good cop. I try to be a good little soldier and follow orders up to a point. But in the end I’m not really a cop, or a soldier. I am a legally sanctioned murderer. I am the Executioner. Laurell K. Hamilton soldiertryingorder I knew from the moment I heard you, the moment I saw the gun and realized that this lovely, petit woman was the executioner, that you would never die waiting for me to save you - that you would save yourself. Laurell K. Hamilton romancegunwaiting Some days you go bear hunting and you get eaten. Some days you come home with a nice rug to roll around on, and bear steaks. What they don't tell you as a kid is that sometimes you get the rug and steaks, but you also get some nice scars to go with them. As a child you don't understand that you can win, but that's it's not always worth the price. Once you understand and accept that possibility you become a real grown up, and the world becomes a much more serious place. Not less fun, but once you realize what can go wrong, it's a lot scarier to go hunting "bears". Laurell K. Hamilton realfunchildren She stared up at me, and there was something in her eyes, something that said we finally had an understanding. She was afraid of me, and sometimes that’s the best you can do with people. I’d tried kindness. I’d tried friendship. I’d tried respect. But when all else fails, fear will do the job. Laurell K. Hamilton eyekindnessjobs The only true happiness lies in knowing who you are ... and making peace with it. Laurell K. Hamilton knowing-who-you-areidentitylying A little boy who's discovered the monster under the bed is actually real, and it's screwing Mommy. Laurell K. Hamilton bedrealboys Can the sarcasm,' he said. 'Please, I always use fresh sarcasm, never canned. Laurell K. Hamilton sarcasmusesaid You cannot die of grief, though it feels as if you can. A heart does not actually break, though sometimes your chest aches as if it is breaking. Grief dims with time. It is the way of things. There comes a day when you smile again, and you feel like a traitor. How dare I feel happy. How dare I be glad in a world where my father is no more. And then you cry fresh tears, because you do not miss him as much as you once did, and giving up your grief is another kind of death. Laurell K. Hamilton giving-upgrieffather People are supposed to fear the unknown, but ignorance is bliss when knowledge is so damn frightening. Laurell K. Hamilton ignorancefearlife One thing I've learned about vampires--they keep pulling new rabbits out of their cloaks. Big, fanged, carnivorous bunnies that'll eat your eyeballs if you're not paying attention. Laurell K. Hamilton vampirerabbitsattention You fight so hard, so long, to cut someone out of your heart, but it’s not always your heart that betrays you. Laurell K. Hamilton cuttingfightingheart There are a thousand ways to hurt someone you love that have nothing to do with physical violence. Laurell K. Hamilton someone-you-lovehurtway No name-calling truly bites deep unless, in some dark part of us, we believe it. If we are confident enough then it is just noise. Laurell K. Hamilton namesdarkbelieve You can't save everybody. In fact, there are days when I think you can't save anyone. Each person has to save himself first, then you can move in and help. I have found this philosophy does not work during a gun battle, or a knife fight either. Outside of that it works just fine. Laurell K. Hamilton fightingphilosophymoving You take insult where none is intended, but if you will find insult where none is meant, then perhaps I should try harder to insult on purpose. Laurell K. Hamilton insultpurposetrying Some issues stay fresh every time you open them up. It's like evil magical Tupperware -- it stays fresh forever. Laurell K. Hamilton issuesevilforever I always treated writing as a profession, never as a hobby. If you don't believe in yourself, no one else will. Laurell K. Hamilton hobbieswritingbelieve
