Top 500 Ilona Andrews Quotes (2024 Update)
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251. “His Furriness, the Long-term Planner.”

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252. “I once took a city with five men and a lame goat.”

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253. “He took the risk and his people had died. He blamed himself. It didn’t reflect in his face, but I saw it in his eyes for a brief moment, before they went back to their icy blue. The last time we talked, I was almost completely convinced that he was a sociopath. He seemed invulnerable, as if nothing could bother him. This did.”

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254. “The Kodiak of Atlanta was brave and powerful and the closest thing to a father Curran had. He also had an uncanny ability to alienate everyone in the room and then have to defend himself when a brawl broke out. He took self-defense seriously. Sometimes there was no building left standing when he was done.”

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255. “When we were at the lodge, and you were dancing in the snow, I kept wondering why the snow wasn’t melting. You’re like spring. My spring.”

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256. “She is in particular interested in the Ennui predator. She very much likes its demeanor and coloring in the images.”

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257. “Anger – a better alternative to caffeine.”

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258. “I had come here intending to declare a possible war and instead ended up planning a dinner date with my father at Applebee’s.”

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259. “Clothes don’t have magic powers, Derek. They don’t mystically protect you from three-inch claws, rapists, or murderers. If someone decides to hurt you, they will do so whether or not you have a thin layer of denim over your skin.”

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260. “Ghastek stood by the floor-to-ceiling window, sipping coffee from a white mug that read, Graveyard Shift: We do it in the dark.”

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261. “He would soak in that silver glow until it shone from his eyes and sing a long song about hunting and running through the dark wood in the middle of the night.”

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262. “She could’ve stared into those eyes for a thousand years and never noticed the time passing by.”

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263. “This is blasphemy!” Odalon declared in the same way Gerard Butler had once roared “This is Sparta.” Sadly, Odalon had nobody to kick into a bottomless hole for emphasis, so he settled for looking extremely put out.”

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264. “You are not meant to be at peace. We, the human beings, are meant to live life to its fullest. We are meant to experience it all – sadness, disappointment, rage, kindness, joy, love. We are meant to test ourselves. It is painful and frightening, but this is what it means to be alive.”

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265. “Call her out,” Arabella said. “Tell her Rogan is yours!” Grandma Frida pumped her fist. “Don’t let her take your man!” Leon declared. We all looked at him. “I was feeling left out,” he said.”

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266. “The Scourge of Mexico and the most terrifying Prime in Houston unhinged his manly jaws and said the only thing he could, “Yes, Mother.”

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267. “A girl half my age swept by and slammed two giant tankard filled with beer on the table. Ragnvald held his up. I smashed my tankard against his. Beer splashed. We raised the tankard and pretended to take much bigger gulps than we did.”

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268. “Chicks dig a man of mystery.” “You don’t say.” “You know what else chicks dig?” “Subatomic vaporizers?” “And werewolves. Chicks really dig werewolves.” “Poor.”

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269. “She had wailed loudly enough to wake the dead and make them call the cops.”

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270. “I can’t share, Nevada. I won’t.”

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271. “I like Eeyore. He’s sensible. A sober outlook on life never hurt anyone.”

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272. “Caldenia smiled. “A Quillonian chef, my dear you shouldn’t have. Well you should have months ago, but one mustn’t be petty. Finally. I shall be dining in a style to which I am suited. Fantastic. Does he have moral scruples I am reasonably sure this summit will result in at least one murder, and I have never tasted an otrokar.”

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273. “Unfortunately, no matter how well you hide, sooner or later your big secret will bite you in the behind, and you might find yourself standing on a telephone pole, not sure why or how you got there, while the neighborhood pretends not to hear your piercing screeches.”

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274. “I had the metabolism of a hummingbird on crack.”

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275. “Let me help,” he said. “You’ve been taught all your life that killing another person is wrong, and that belief persists even in the fact of facts. Not only would Peaches have killed us given the chance, but this way I only had to kill on person rather than kill half a dozen of his followers. I saved several live, but your conditioning tells you I’ve done the wrong thing. I didn’t. He started it. I finished it.”

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276. “I dreamed that Curran and I killed a dinosaur and then had sex in the dirt.”

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277. “Those books made it crystal clear that giving honey to your baby before he was a year old made you a terrible mother. The moment a spoon of honey would touch his lips, the words “Awful Mother” would appear on your forehead, forever branding you as a parenting failure.”

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278. “I wanted to punch the happy day in the face, grab it by the hair, and beat it until it told me what the hell it was so happy about.”

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279. “He let her go almost immediately, but he’d packed so much into that one fierce hug: want, need, worry, reassurance... He’d protect her with his life. Strangely, it made her indignant. Nobody should have to be in the position of having another person give up their life for them. She didn’t want the weight of Declan’s death.”

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280. “Tony looked at me with the long-suffering patience of an adult child who knew an educational lecture was coming and there was no way to escape. “One.”

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281. “Crazy Curran ranked right up there with monsoons, tornadoes, earthquakes, and other natural disasters.”

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282. “Mr. Ramirez looked at Sean and me one last time and smiled. “Good luck with your jogging.” No. He didn’t just wish Sean and I happy jogging.”

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283. “It couldn’t be real. People summoned monsters from the arcane realm, but I’d never heard of anyone summoning actual demons. Yet it was right there, living, breathing, real, and every instinct I had howled and clawed at my logic.”

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284. “Hello, Consort,’’ Mauro boomed. He got to his feet, spread his arms, and curtsied.”

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285. “You will. You’ll fall asleep fast and sleep soundly until morning, and then you’ll get up and have breakfast with your family because I’ll be prowling in your house tonight. And if anyone tries to interrupt your sleep and end your life, you have my word that they’ll sleep forever.” That.”

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286. “When I returned, instead of beating swift retreat she suggested we should have fun together. I dunked her a couple of times. Unfortunately, I was pointing a gun at hotel security at the time, and the sheriff’s deputies showed up. Raphael ate it up. I was finally acting like a mated shapeshifter : irrationnal, possessive and head over heels in love.”

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287. “Mishmar. Your father’s hellish prison he cobbled together from the remains of office buildings from Omaha, which he destroyed. The Mishmar that’s stuffed to the brink with mutated vampires. That Mishmar.” “Yes.” “You.”

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288. “Your favorite volhv showed up half an hour ago, complaining about his lack of sleep and stupid gods. He says he brought his Batman belt.”

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289. “Long strands of drool stretched from between his fangs and dripped on the pavement, sending a heady scent of jasmine to swirl through the air. Perfumed monster spit. What was the world coming to?”

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290. “Judging by the hard lines of his face and the flat look in his eyes, he’d left the Marines, but the Corps hadn’t quite left him.”

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291. “I wasn’t even that lovable to begin with. I was a selfish ass, but somehow something I did made this man love me, deeply and without reservations. He knew things about me that I would die to keep secret. I trusted him more than I trusted anyone in my life. I mattered to him. He was suffering and I wanted it to stop. I wanted to see him happy. I loved him so much.”

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292. “If he ever did manage to formulate his own thought, it would likely knock him senseless.”

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293. “He waved his hand, trying to find the right words. “Lord Arland, sometimes it helps to speak plainly.” “Sword,” he said.”

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294. “I mourn my sword, but that’s alright. Grandmother gave me another one.”

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295. “I’m going to kick you in the head when I get home. Repeatedly.”

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296. “Ooo.” Hugh sucked the air in, narrowing his eyes. “Mean. I like mean.”

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297. “You said sloppy! Look, I didn’t even use my sword; I hit him with my head, like a moron.”

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298. “There was something very comforting about him, and I was not sure if it was his easy manner or his complete immunity to my scowling.”

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299. “She who showed weakness to teenagers would be picked on to death. True fact of life.”

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300. “Sometimes the Universe smiled. Mostly she kicked me in the face, stomped on my ribs once I fell down, and laughed at my pain, but once in a while she smiled.”

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