Top 500 Ilona Andrews Quotes (2025 Update)
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301. “But would I get you, if I were an innkeeper?”

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302. “It was one thing to be attracted to bad boys, something I usually didn’t suffer from. It was another to be attracted to bad men. Mad Rogan was a really bad, bad man.”

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303. “Dali elbowed Jim in the ribs. “What he meant to say was he is sorry that duties of his office and his own paranoid nature caused him to overreact.” Jim looked like someone had hit him on the nose with a rolled-up newspaper. “Yes.” “And.”

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304. “Six feet two inches tall and built like he could punch through solid walls and dodge a bullet at the same time, Jim projected a concentrated promise to kick your ass. It emanated from him like heat from a sidewalk. He never actually threatened you, but when he entered a room full of hard cases, bigger men backed off, because when he looked at them, they heard their bones breaking.”

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305. “Just once I want it to be easy and neat. But no, there is never a good decision. I pick what I can live with.”

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306. “You dare to wrestle with my mind? I’m the Plaguebringer. Gods flee when they hear me coming.” “If my hands weren’t busy, I’d clap for you.”

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307. “You have to let your people take pride in a job well accomplished and recognize them for it. You will get better results.”

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308. “It was Wednesday now. She’d been in town for two days.”

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309. “In the whole world, there was no better place than being wrapped in him.”

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310. “On the other hand it was bad manners to look a gift horse in the mouth. Even if you’re getting it from an overweight cracker in a fringe shirt.”

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311. “Someone knocked on the door. “Come in!” Barabas called. The door swung open and Derek stuck his head in. “Hey, do you have any duct tape?” He saw me, stepped back, and closed the door without a word. Well. “Coward,” Barabas said, loud enough for Derek to hear.”

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312. “True beauty is in how that person makes you feel. When a man truly loves you, the longer you are together, the more beautiful you will be to him. When he looks at you and you look at him, you won’t just see the surface. You will see everything you shared, everything you’ve been through, and every happy moment you hope for.” Her.”

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313. “Most people will do just about anything you tell them to do, if you act with authority, give them no choice, and accept the responsibility for their actions. It’s kind of scary, isn’t it?”

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314. “There were times in life when nothing short of spitting fire would do.”

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315. “What I needed was a big fat clue. A mysterious note laying it all out. A deity popping out of thin air and explaining it to me. Hell, I’d settle for an annoying old lady with a knack for solving mysteries. I actually stopped and waited for a second to see if a clue would fall out of the sky and land at my feet. The Universe declined to oblige.”

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316. “I glanced at Derek. The boy wonder didn’t melt into a pile of goo, although his gaze was glued to Rowena’s chest. Avoiding eye contact. Good strategy.”

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317. “The human body is an amazing organism. It can go from dead tired to completely alert in a terrified blink.”

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318. “She put her hand on her hip. “Where are you going?” “To the boat. You called me Lord Bill again. That means we’re cool.” Cerise slapped her forehead with the heel of her hand and followed him.”

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319. “I batted my eyelashes and did my best to appear dumb as a board.”

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320. “I also stole a small yellow doughnut from the box of Duncan’s doughnuts in the rec room and fed it to the attack poodle in my office. He made a great production of it. First, he growled at the doughnut, just to show it who was boss. Then he nudged it with his nose. Then he licked it, until finally he snagged it into his mouth and chomped it with great pleasure, dropping crumbs all over the carpet.”

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321. “I leaned into Barabas’s office. “Do you want to come help pick out a suit for Christopher?” “No,” Barabas said firmly, tapping a stack of papers against his desk to even it out. “Why?” “Because I don’t need to see him in a suit.” Curran.”

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322. “It’s truly rare to find a man who enjoys the sound of his own voice as much as you do.”

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323. “Jim wasn’t just a badass. He was a badass who wrote a book for badasses on how to be a badder badass.”

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324. “Do you remember when we went to the Black Sea and you pretended to be infatuated with Lorelei?” “Not that again.” His face shut down. “I’m going to do something very dangerous and stupid. I’ve done some idiotic things in my life, but this takes the cake.” “Tell me.” “No.” Gold rolled over his eyes. “What do you mean, no?” “If I tell you, you will stop me from doing it.” “Now you have to tell me.” I shook my head. “I’m calling in the Lorelei favor. You have to let me run with this.” “Kate!” “No.”

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325. “He’d left for a reason, and I didn’t want to be anyone’s blast from the past. Still, not knowing was worse than any potential awkwardness.”

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326. “He said, ‘Yeah, but will I get chicks? In truckloads?”

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327. “Perhaps I just wasn’t scary enough. Maybe I should invest in some horns or fangs.”

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328. “Now Julie could stay here, in the Keep full of homicidal maniacs who grew teeth the size of switchblades and erupted into a violent frenzy when threatened.”

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329. “Nonhumanity is a dangerous label. If someone is nonhuman, they have no rights, Andrea. No protection.”

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

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332. “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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333. “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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334. “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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335. “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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336. “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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337. “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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338. “Even if we were mated, I have my own name and I made my own rep. I don’t think the term ‘mate’ should trump everything I’ve done. I’ve earned more than that.” Jim.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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349. “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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350. “Rage is a powerful thing. People get upset over many things. Frustrating jobs, small paychecks, bad hours. People want things; people feel humiliated by others who have the things they want; people feel deprived and powerless. All this gives fuel to rage. The anger builds and builds and if there is no outlet for it, pretty soon it transforms the person. They walk around like a loaded gun, ready to go off if only they could find the right target. They want to hurt something. They need it.” He.”

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