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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
Novelist
Writer
Heber Springs
Arkansas
Laurell Kaye Hamilton
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Literature
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Friends
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Only those who have never known fear are allowed to think less of others for being afraid. Frankly, I think anyone who has never been afraid of anything in their entire life is either a liar or lacks imagination.
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I used to think I knew what was right and what was wrong, and who the good guys are, and who the bad guys are. Then the world got very gray, and I didn't know anything for a long time
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The rich and powerful always seem to prefer the tops of buildings. Hasn't anyone ever explained to them that higher just means you have farther to fall? -- Anita Blake
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He said,'Trust yourself, mon ami. You are not your friend with his so-sad tale. And Anita is not human. Through us she is more than that. Both of us huddle around her humanity like it is the last candle flame in a world of darkness. But by our very love, we make her less human, and more.
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There are some things more important than physical survival. You gotta be able to look at yourself in the mirror.
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Out last chance is a cat's magic sight. We are doomed.
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Can you truly love anyone if you do not first love yourself? If you hate yourself, can you love anyone else? If you do not accept all of who you are, can you accept anyone else? Hard questions. It remains to be seen whether I get any answers, hard, or otherwise.
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Hatred is a cold fire, and it gives no warmth.
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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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Every relationship is messed up. What makes it really perfect is if you still want to be there when things suck.
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I love animals, always have, and it seemed natural to help the ASPCA. Animals have no voice of their own, so we have to be that voice
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Power makes you a monarch, and all the fancy robes in the world won't do the job without it.
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I'm not real big on repentence ... I like revenge better.
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When I was younger, I'd wanted someone to promise me that things would work out and nothing bad would ever happen again. But I understood now that that was a child's wish. No one could promise that. No one. The grown-ups could try, but they couldn't promise, not and mean it.
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