96 Quotes & Sayings By Charlaine Harris

It's probably a bad indicator of your lifestyle when you miss your ex-boyfriend because he's absolutely lethal. Charlaine Harris

Eric moved the broom experimentally and made an attempt to sweep the glass into the pan while it lay in the middle of the floor. Of course, the pan slid away. Eric scowled. I'd finally found something Eric did poorly. Charlaine Harris

Niall had been able to mask the odor of fairy from Eric in the restaurant, but I saw from the flare of Eric's nostrils that the intoxicating scent clung to me. Eric's eyes closed in ecstasy, and he actually licked his lips. I felt like a T-bone just out of reach of a hungry dog. "Snap out of it, " I said. I wasn't in the mood. With a huge effort, Eric reigned himself in. "When you smell like that, " he said, "I just wanna fuck you and bite you and rub myself all over you. . Charlaine Harris

There’s no way you can kill someone and get to the other side of the experience unchanged. Charlaine Harris

You think that it’s not magic that keeps you alive? Just ‘cause you understand the mechanics of how something works, doesn’t make it any less of a miracle. Which is just another word for magic. We’re all kept alive by magic, Sookie. My magic’s just a little different from yours, that’s all. Charlaine Harris

By the way, I haven't heard an 'I'm sorry' from you yet." My sense of grievance had overwhelmed my sense of self-preservation. I am sorry that the maenad picked on you." I glared at him. "Not enough, " I said. I was trying hard to hang on to this conversation. Angelic Sookie, vision of love and beauty, I am prostrate that the wicked evil maenad violated your smooth and voluptuous body, in an attempt to deliver a message to me." That's more like it. Charlaine Harris

Let go, " he advised me, and I loosened my grip on his hands. "No, not of me, " he said, smiling. "You can hold on to me as long as you want. Let go of the pain, Sookie. Let go. You need to drift away." It was the first time I had relinquished my will to someone else. As I looked at him, it became easy, and I retreated from the suffering and uncertainty of this strange place. Charlaine Harris

In the world I lived in, the world of human people, there were ties and debts and consequences and good deeds. That was what bound people to society; maybe that was what constituted society. And I tried to live in my little niche in it the best way I could. Charlaine Harris

I snuck a look to see how Eric was taking this, and he was staring at me the same way the Monroe vampires had. Thoughtful. Hungry."That's interesting, " he said. "I had a psychic once. It was incredible."" Did the psychic think so? Charlaine Harris

As I climbed up into the high old bed, the large fly in my personal ointment did the same. Had I actually told him he could get in bed with me? Well, I decided, as I wriggled down under the soft old sheets and the blanket and the comforter, if Eric had designs on me, I was just too tired to care." Woman?"" Hmmm?"" What's your name?"" Sookie. Sookie Stackhouse.""Thank you, Sookie.""Welcome, Eric. Charlaine Harris

Because he sounded so lost-the Eric I knew had never been one to do anything other than assume others should serve him- I patted around under the covers for his hand. When I found it, I slid my own over it. His palm was turned up to meet my palm, and his fingers clasped mine. And though I would not have thought it possible to go to sleep holding hands with a vampire, that's exactly what I did. Charlaine Harris

I put the books I was returning on the appropriate desk, and I began looking at the shelves of new arrivals. Most of them were some permutation on self-help. Going by how popular these books were and how often they were checked out, everyone in Bon Temps should have become perfect by now. Charlaine Harris

If it's easy to be friendly she will be. If the wind blows the other way her friendship will be gone. And I'm thinking the wind is blowing the other way. She has found some other way to be an important person in her own right by hating others. Charlaine Harris

How is Eric?''Very tightly wound. Plus, a lot of stuff happened that he'll tell you about.'' Thanks for the warning. I'll go to the house now. You're my favorite breather.'' Oh. Well ... great.' She hung up. Charlaine Harris

Did you ever think that if you told me where Bill's hiding his computer program, I would give you anything you asked for?"- Eric, club dead. Charlaine Harris

Pam. Listen.''The phone is pressed to my ear. Speak.''Appius Livius Ocella just dropped in.'' Fuck a zombie! '- Sookie & Pam, Dead in the Family, Charlaine Harris Charlaine Harris

We want to climb in with you, ' Dermot said. 'We'll all sleep better.' That seemed incredibly weird and creepy to me - or maybe I only thought it should have. I was simply too tired to argue. I climbed in the bed. Claude got in on one side of me, Dermot on the other. Just when I was thinking, I would never be able to sleep, that this situation was too odd and too wrong, I felt a kind of blissful relaxation roll through my body, a kind of unfamiliar comfort. I was with family. I was with blood. And I slept. Charlaine Harris

How grateful are you?" he whispered, his mouth hovering over mine. His eyes were very alert now, and his gaze was boring into mine." That kind of ruins it, when you say something like that, " I said, trying to keep my voice gentle. "You shouldn't want me to have sex with you just because I owe you."" I don't really care why you have sex with me, as long as you do it, " he said, equally gently. Charlaine Harris

I wish, " I said. "I could save orgasms in a jar for when I need them, because I think I have a few extra. Charlaine Harris

I am self-educated from genre books. Charlaine Harris

I’d always enjoyed life, and I knew I would again. But I was going to have to slog through a lot of bad patches to get there Charlaine Harris

I held on to my better nature by my fingernails but I held on. Charlaine Harris

Sometimes you just have to regret things and move on. Charlaine Harris

Men! Dead or alive, they could be exactly the same. Charlaine Harris

Hoyt was by himself right under one of the portable lights rigged up for the occasion. He had his hands thrust in his pockets, and he looked more serious than I’d ever seen him. There was something strange about the sight, and after a second I figured out why. It was one of the few times I’d ever seen Hoyt alone. Charlaine Harris

It was beautiful Eric, who desired me, who was hungry for me, in a world that often let me know it could do very well without me. Charlaine Harris

I have lived one step away from losing my mind for years. I am quick and accurate in spotting unstable streaks in others. Charlaine Harris

My bullshit metre is reading that as false'. Charlaine Harris

People stubbornly lived their lives as they wanted, without regard to me, to an amazing degree. Charlaine Harris

I'm supposed to be a christian, but most days I don't feel like I can even presume to say that about myself any longer. I have a lot of mad left over. When I can't sleep, I think about the other people who didn't care how much pain and trouble they caused me. And I think about how good I'd feel if they died. Charlaine Harris

I'll show up at every classroom open house and teacher conference, ' she said, now in a voice that was almost frightening in its intensity. 'I'll bake brownies. My child will have new clothes. Her shoes will fit. She'll get her shots, and she'll get her braces. We'll start a college fund next week. I'll tell her I love her every damn day.' If that wasn't a great plan for being a good mother, I couldn't imagine what a better one could be. . Charlaine Harris

When you're a professional you do your job no matter what gets in the way. You might take a sick day, you might take a personal day, but then you show back up or you won't get paid. Everyone develops his/her own strategy for dealing with days that are not productive. Charlaine Harris

I have a big hole in my heart, " I said. "But it'll close over." I don't want to sound all Dr. Phil, " she said. "But don't let the scab seal the pain in, okay?" That's good advice, " I said. "I hope I can manage it. Charlaine Harris

You catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar. Charlaine Harris

Are you a prude?' He seemed genuinely curious.' No! ' But after a second, I said, 'But may be compared to you, yes! I like my privacy. I get to decide who sees me naked. Do you get my point?'' Yes. Objectively speaking, you have beautiful points.' I thought the top of my head would pop off...( Sookie Stackhouse & Claude, Dead in the Family) Charlaine Harris

This letter is written on the skin of one of the water sprites who drowned your parents.'' Ick! ' I cried, and dropped the letter on the kitchen table. Charlaine Harris

I didn't know what to think about first: me seeing Claude naked, Claude seeing me naked, or the whole fact that we were related and naked in the same room.( Sookie Stackhouse, Dead in the Family) Charlaine Harris

A year ago, ' I said, 'you wouldn’t have asked this of me.'' A year ago, ' he answered, 'you wouldn’t have hesitated to drink.' I crossed to the desk and tossed it down. Charlaine Harris

But there was something in the air, a watchfulness laced with a charge of malice. The eyes observing us were invisible, but were observing us, nonetheless. Charlaine Harris

My pride had risen up and whopped me in the face. I don't lose my temper a lot, but when I do, I make a good job of it. Charlaine Harris

.. I suffered with you. I hurt with you. I bled with you -not only because we're bonded, but because the love I have for you." ~ Eric Northman in Dead in The Family. Charlaine Harris

And you are mine, and you will be mine. Theywill not get you. - Eric from Dead and Gone Charlaine Harris

When I thought of the ferocity and strength of the fairy race, and the fact that it took all I had to open the damn blister pack and extricate the water pistols, my chosen method of defense seemed ludicrous. I'd be armed with a plastic water pistol and a trowel. Charlaine Harris

As exits go, that's a good one." It was pretty hard to have the last word with a vampire. Charlaine Harris

But I couldn’t leave Hunter alone in the house, and I would’ve felt terrible if I’d asked Eric to go out in the woods by himself, even though I knew he wouldn’t think anything about it. In fact, probably he’d have sent Pam. Charlaine Harris

May I search it?" she asked. "We screen for weapons." I stared at her, always a risky thing to do to a vampire. "Of course not. I have no weapons. Charlaine Harris

Okay, " I said. "I'd hoped to avoid this, but.. Bill, I rescind your invitation into my house." Bill began walking backward to the door, a helpless look on his face, and my brush still in his hand. Eric grinned at him triumphantly." Eric, " I said, and his smile faded. "I rescind your invitation into my house." And backward he went, out my door and off my porch. The door slammed shut behind (or maybe in front of?) them. Charlaine Harris

Vampires, bringing America together! Charlaine Harris

But I also knew that if he turned away from me at this moment, somehow I would survive that, and I would find a way to flourish like the yard that still bloomed and grew around my family home. I'm Sookie Stackhouse. I belong here. Charlaine Harris

The problem with living without the person you can't live without is eventually realizing you can live without them. Charlaine Harris

Did we have sex?" he asked directly. For about two minutes, this might actually be fun. "Eric, " I said, "we had sex in every position I could imagine, and some I couldn’t. We had sex in every room in my house, and we had sex outdoors. You told me it was the best you’d ever had." (At the time he couldn’t recall all the sex he’d ever had. But he’d paid me a compliment.) "Too bad you can’t remember it, " I concluded with a modest smile. Eric looked like I’d hit him in the forehead with a mallet. For all of thirty seconds his reaction was completely gratifying. Charlaine Harris

Ha, " I said. "Oh, ha-ha. Yeah, ’cause they love me. You see how many vampires are up here? Zero, right?" One, " said Eric, stepping out of the stairwell. Charlaine Harris

The sweetest part of being a couple is sharing your life with someone else. But my life, evidently, had not been good enough to share. Charlaine Harris

You won't find a vampire in a Ford Fiesta Charlaine Harris

I stroked Eric's hair, tucking some behind his ear. His eyes on mine were intent, and I knew he was waiting for me to speak. "I wish, " I said, "I could save orgasms in a jar for when i need them, because I think I had a few extra." Eric's eyes widened, and all of a sudden he roared with laughter. (Dead to the World) Charlaine Harris

Apparently, once you got used to regular and spectacular sex, your body had a mind of its own (so to speak) when it was deprived of that recreation; to say nothing of missing the hugging and cuddling part. Charlaine Harris

I had two cups of coffee, put Eric's jeans in the washer, read a romance for awhile, and studied my brand-new Word of the Day calendar, a Christmas gift from Arlene. My first word of the New Year was 'exsanguinate.' This was probably not a good omen. Charlaine Harris

I didn't see what was in front of me until I thought it might be taken away. - Sam Charlaine Harris

My mother finally took me to a child psychologist, who knew exactly what I was, but she just couldn’t accept it and kept trying to tell my folks I was reading their body language and was very observant, so I had good reason to imagine I heard people’s thoughts. Of course, she couldn’t admit I was literally hearing people’s thoughts because that just didn’t fit into her world. Charlaine Harris

I don't know what it is, but even when I pretty much like a man, after I date him a while, he gets to seem kind of tiresome. I just can't be bothered to act interested anymore, and then I finally tell him I don't want to go out anymore. They always get upset. - Lillian Charlaine Harris

I had never realized a woman could have to struggle to keep her hands off a man, but here I was, digging my nails into my palms, staring at the inside of my eyelids as though I could maybe see through them if I peered hard enough. Charlaine Harris

No threatening the cat! " Mr. Snuggly said. Charlaine Harris

I said the first thing that came into my head unfortunately. "Save the drama for your mama " I told her just like an eleven-year-old. Charlaine Harris

When I thought of Eric with someone else, I wanted to rip out all his beautiful blonde hair. By the roots. In clumps. Charlaine Harris

He pulled my coat off my shoulders, looked at it with distaste, hung it on the back of one of the chairs pushed in under the kitchen table. "You are beautiful". No one had ever looked me in the eyes and said that. Eric to Sookie, Page 208. Charlaine Harris

You can hold on to me for as long as you want. Let go of the pain, Sookie". - Eric, Club dead. Charlaine Harris

In fact, " Eric said, as he went to the front door, "I'd throw it away entirely. Maybe burn it." He left, closing the door behind him very quietly. I knew, as sure as I knew my name, that tomorrow he would send me another coat, in a big fancy box, with a big bow on it. It would be the right size, it would be a top brand, and it would be warm. It was cranberry red, with a removable liner, a detachable hood and tortoiseshell buttons. Charlaine Harris

If it pleases you and you can write at all, it's gonna please somebody else. Charlaine Harris

Bring it on, fur-ass! Charlaine Harris

You're lips are bloody.' He seized my face in both hands and kissed me. It's hard not to respond when a master of the art of kissing is laying one on you. Charlaine Harris

It's hard not to respond when a master of the art of kissing is laying one on you. Charlaine Harris

Kennedy's issue didn't seem to be that she had been in jail, but that she had put on weight in jail. The food had been crappy, she'd told me, and it has been high on the carbohydrate count. "But I'm an emotional eater, " she'd said, as if that were a terrible thing. "And I was real emotional in jail. Charlaine Harris

The ache became longing, longing became nostalgia, nostalgia became fondness, and after a while he could see the funny side of it. A long while. Charlaine Harris