Laurell K Hamilton quotes - Page : 2

" Giving up at something that no longer serves a purpose, or protects you, or helps you, isn't giving up at all, it's growing up. " # Purpose # Service # Age and Aging

" He wanted to feed the hunger of his skin. The hunger of his body not so much for orgasm but for that need to be held close and tight, that need we all have to press our nakedness against someone else's. " # Orgasm # Friends and Friendship # Nudity

" You ask yourself "What is love? Am I in love?", when what you should be asking is, "What is not love?", ma petite. What is it that this man does for you that is not done out of love? " # Class

" No, really, Ronnie, it's good to share information when you know someone else is dating the lunarly challenged. " # Information # Happiness # Dating

" Anita: My life works for me right now, but it wouldn't work for a child. Ronnie: Why, because you don't have a husband? Anita: No, because people try to kill me on a semiregular basis. " # Marriage # Children # Husbands

" A person likes to think of himself in a certain way, and when something happens that makes that no longer possible, you mourn the old self. The person you thought you were. " # Death and Dying

" Nothing helps you sleep at night so much as being absolutely certain that you're right, and everyone else is evil. " # Evil # Death and Dying # Sleep

" There's no one so self-righteous as someone policing someone else's morality. " # Police # Morality # Righteousness

" I smiled at him but knew it did not reach my eyes. I smiled because he smiled at me, more reflex than emotion. Inside I was nothing. It was a little like being in shock. Shock is nature's insulation, the thing that shuts you down so you can heal, or sometimes so you can die without hurting, or being afraid... " # Possibilities # Love # Change

" Samuel smiled at me. "Freedom and fairness are very important to you, aren't they?" I nodded, and frowned. "They're important to everybody." He laughed. "Oh, no, Anita, you would be amazed at the number of people who try to give away their freedom at every opportunity. They much prefer that someone else make their decisions." " # Writers and Writing # Freedom # Opportunity