the pain of that first lost was still raw. You could deal with it, endure it, but never escape it. Laurell K. Hamilton More Quotes by Laurell K. Hamilton More Quotes From Laurell K. Hamilton So many people took my opinion and some will give it more serious consideration because of who I am. Not because I have a specility in this field that I gave my opinion on, but simply because I am a little bit famous. I find that kind of power to presaude both frightening and exciting. My hope, my most frevent hope, is that I use this louder voice that success has given me, wisely. That I always remember that fame is the by product, not the substance of what I do. Laurell K. Hamilton voicewho-i-ampeople I wasn't afraid of him anymore, because I could smell his fear. You never had to be afraid of anything that was afraid of you. Laurell K. Hamilton smell I thought of several alec smart remarks, but you should humor crazy people when you're at their mercy; it's a rule. Laurell K. Hamilton smartcrazypeople Richard was a riddle with no answer, and I was tired of playing a game I couldn't win. Laurell K. Hamilton tiredgameswinning She doesn't understand what she's asking, Jean-Claude said. No, but she asks, and if we do not do it, we will always wonder. I would rather thy and fail than regret having never tried at all. Laurell K. Hamilton regretaskingwonder So many wonderful books to write, and not enough hours in the day. An embarrassment of riches. Laurell K. Hamilton hours-in-the-daywritingbook [T]hese last few days where I've moped around damn near depressed for real, because of people who do not exist. Not really. I can buy them Christmas presents, but there is no way to send them. Sometimes I feel like I should be able to walk into the next room and there they will be, but they won't. These people do not exisit as flesh and blood, but there are different kinds of reality, and there are days when imagination feels very, very real. Laurell K. Hamilton realimaginationblood People talk of sorrow as if it is soft, a thing of water and tears. But true sorrow is not soft. True sorrow is a thing of fire, and rock. It burns your heart, crushes your soul under the weight of mountains. It destroys, and even if you keep breathing, keep going, you die. Laurell K. Hamilton crushfireheart When God ignores you, the devil starts looking good. Laurell K. Hamilton looking-gooddevil If you’re alive, don’t move, if you’re dead, don’t worry about it. Laurell K. Hamilton aliveworrymoving Walking your path doesn't mean you don't hurt, it means the pain is worth the progress. Sometimes you have to break something down in order to remake it, and that includes yourself, or it did for me. There were moments when I wept for an easier road, but in the end I would not trade my path for anyone else's. It is mine and the traveling of it has made me who I am, and continues to shape and remold me into the best, happiest, most productive, most playful me, I've ever been. Laurell K. Hamilton painhurtmean If I wanted death, Edward would give it to me. Because we both understand that it isn't death that we fear. It's living. Laurell K. Hamilton ifswantedgiving I'm not sure there are enough white roses in the world to make me forget Richard." I held up my hand before she could interrupt. "But I'm not sure there are enough cozy afternoons in all eternity to make me forget Jean-Claude. Laurell K. Hamilton whiterosehands Just what I needed—a necromancer with an attitude. Oh, wait, I was a necromancer with an attitude. Laurell K. Hamilton neededwaitingattitude No, really, Ronnie, it's good to share information when you know someone else is dating the lunarly challenged. Laurell K. Hamilton datinginformationshare Nothing helps you sleep at night so much as being absolutely certain that you're right, and everyone else is evil. Laurell K. Hamilton evilsleepnight There's no one so self-righteous as someone policing someone else's morality. Laurell K. Hamilton self-righteousmoralityself Sex is like crying, it does look pretty if you really do it Laurell K. Hamilton doesexlooks I so wanted out of this conversation, but it was like a car accident: Once you started spinning, you could only wait and see what you hit. Laurell K. Hamilton spinningcarwaiting Nothing cuts deeper than when another person says exactly what you're afraid to say out loud. Laurell K. Hamilton deeperloudcutting
