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It's better to be loved than feared, but if you can't be loved, then fear will do.-Dino quoting Machiavelli

Laurell K. Hamilton

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Laurell K. Hamilton
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: February 19
Novelist
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Heber Springs
Arkansas
Laurell Kaye Hamilton
Machiavelli
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If I went in the cage, I was going to end up eaten alive. That was actually one of my top five ways not to die.
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Stupidity isn't punishable by death. If it was, there would be a hell of a population drop.
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There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.
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I just love dealing with people whose idea of sometimes is every thousand years,” I said.
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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.
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If you fear nothing, then you are not brave. You are merely too foolish to be afraid.
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I worry that when you start quoting Machiavelli to justify your actions, you have ceased to be one of the good guys. No, quoting Nietzsche does that. Machiavelli is just cool.
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Never look back something is always gaining on you.
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If the only tool you have is a hammer, all your problems begin to look like nails. - Abraham Maslow
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He looked less handsome without the smile and glow in his eyes, but he also seemed more real. Being real will get me into trouble faster than any amount of charm.
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There comes a point when you either embrace who and what you are, or condemn yourself to be miserable all your days. Other people will try to make you miserable don't help them by doing the job yourself.
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Marry Gentry Swallowing Darkness (Laurell K. Hamilton):Pick any fairy tale that’s based on older stories, and the heroine of the piece has a miserable, dangerous, nightmarish time of it.
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Before I knew you, I thought brave was not being afraid. You've taught me that bravery is being terrified and doing it anyway.
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Jean-Claude gave a low theatrical bow, never taking his eyes from her. After you, my sweet. A lady should always walk before a gentleman, never behind.
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Is this a private fight, or can anyone join?
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Graves are for the living, not the dead. It gives us something to concentrate on instead of the fact that our loved one is rotting under the ground.
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It's not about winning, Haven. I'm not a prize to be won. I'm not the princess that needs rescuing from the dragon. I'm the prince and I kill my own monsters. You need to be ok with that. -Anita Blake
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I should not have to flirt with someone while I'm trying to threaten someone else with a gun it was too hard to do both.
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There are only two kinds of vampire hunters: good ones and dead ones.
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I got out my jar of ointment. I knew animators who had special containers for the ointment. Crockery, hand-blown glass, mystical symbols carved into the sides. I used an old Mason jar that had once held Grandma Blake's green beans. Larry fished out a peanut butter jar with the label still on it. Extra-crunchy. Yum-Yum.
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