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My characters surprise me constantly. My characters are like my friends - I can give them advice, but they don't have to take it. If your characters are real, then they surprise you, just like real people

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Laurell K. Hamilton
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: February 19
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Heber Springs
Arkansas
Laurell Kaye Hamilton
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A vampire victim. I'd never seen a lone kill. They were like potato chips once a vamp tasted them, he couldn't stop at just one.
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one of the good things about being a woman is that my level of testosterone poisoning is lower than most men's.
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Patience is a virtue, but there comes a moment when you must stop being patient and take the day by the throat and shake it. If it fights back fine. I'd rather end up bloody at the end of the day, then unhurt with no progress made, no knowledge gained. I'd rather have a no, then nothing. I'd forgotten that about myself.
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I enjoy my anger, it’s the only hobby I have.
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Sometimes love isn't about being smart. Sometimes it's about being stupid together.
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I know you can throw holy water on the vampire, but I didn't know you could throw the host. (Sheriff St. John) I had to smile. They aren't like little holy grenades. I want the host to give to the Quinlans so they can put one at every windowsill, every doorsill. (Anita Blake)
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Oh, ma petite, you are growing gargantuan. I looked at him and it was not a friendly look. Never tease a woman about her weight, Jean-Claude. At least not an American twentieth-century one. He Spread his hands wide. My deepest apologies. When you apologize, try not to smile at the same time. It ruins the effect.
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I'm pro-choice because I've never been a fourteen-year-old incest victim pregnant by her father, or a woman who's going to die if the pregnancy continues, or a rape victim, or even a teenager who made a mistake. I want women to have choices, but I also believe that it's a life, especially once it's big enough to live outside the womb.
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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.
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No 'Good evening, Jean-Claude, how are you doing?' Just down to business. How terribly rude,ma petite . - Jean-Claude
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We're making a list. And checking it twice. Edward shook his head.
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some choices you make with your heart some with your head but when in doubt choose head over heart.... it will keep you alive. -merry gentry
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He doesn’t pretend,” the punk pixie said. He nodded toward Doyle. “Nice rings. You got anything else pierced?” “Yes,” Doyle said. The boy smiled, making the rings in the edge of his nose and his bottom lip curl cheerfully with it. “Me too,” he said.
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So many of us had been armed that there were holsters and weapons scattered among the passed-out bodies like mercenary prizes in a fleshy Cracker Jack box.
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The best lies are always at least partially true.
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For me the Anita series is built like a mystery series, which means that as much as possible each book stands alone, so you have a mystery to solve from the beginning to the end of the book.
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If it works out, it's the best thing in the world. If it doesn't work out, it's like having your heart torn out and chopped up into little pieces while you watch. It leaves a big hollow space that never really heals.
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Chastity works better if you don't keep testing it.
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