Top 500 Ilona Andrews Quotes (2024 Update)
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351. “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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352. “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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353. “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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354. “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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355. “There were times in life when nothing short of spitting fire would do.”

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

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

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359. “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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360. “Did you just grab my butt?” I whispered. “What?” “Curran!” “Yes?” I could hear controlled laughter in his voice. Unbelievable. I sped up. “We’re tracking ghouls and you’re grabbing my butt.” “I always make sure to pay attention to important things.”

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361. “Mr. Rogan,” I frosted my voice over. “What I put into my body is my business.” Okay, that didn’t sound right.”

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362. “I WALKED INTO my house to see the knight and the wizard sitting in my kitchen, drinking coffee. If you added in Julie’s thieving skills and my sword, we almost had an adventuring party. “It’s too bad we’re missing a cleric,” I said.”

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363. “I’m in a Disney movie. – Augustine.”

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364. “One day you’ll have to choose diplomacy or your spouse. I’m telling you now, it’s got to be your wife. Diplomacy doesn’t care if you live or die. Your wife does.”

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365. “Cerise Mar voiced a polite and a nonviolent request that they get the hell off our land, which was refused.”

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366. “He had the prettiest hair she had ever seen on a man: dark brown, almost black, and soft like sable, it fell down to his shoulders. She wondered what he’d do if she threw some mud in it. Probably kill her.”

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367. “It’s funny how you use logic in an argument and think it will persuade me.”

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368. “You know my price,” he told her. Elara leaned back and crossed her arms, her face iced over. “Really?” “The whole thing. You’ll put it in your mouth and you’ll swallow.” What? “The whole thing?”

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369. “And most of the time, I like being by myself. But when I look into my future, I see no family, no husband, no children. No warmth. I just see myself getting older and more scarred.”

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370. “Her face looked like it would shatter any second.”

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371. “She pictured him exploding into bloody mist. No. Too quick.”

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372. “Flirt with me now, you sonovabitch! See if I’m impressed.”

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373. “At heart, Curran was a cat. He liked soft things, high places, and enough room to stretch out.”

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374. “Next to me Arabella, wearing the same outfit I did, pursed her lips together and took a selfie. Ugh.”

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375. “I’ve never created a riot before. I did cause a brawl at the last formal. A large number of young women there actually arrived with the expectation of seducing me into matrimony, and a couple of their mothers came to blows. It was hilari – I mean, dreadful. Simply dreadful.”

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376. “Adam glanced up. Brown eyes took my measure. He looked just like he did in all those photographs. Okay. Now I needed to not get fried as I talked his handsome ass into surrendering.”

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377. “The lack of money is the root of all evil, Mr. Meadows.”

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378. “Morfran thrust his axe straight up. He pretty much seemed to have one sign for everything: poke a hole in the sky.”

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379. “Enter my lair, said the dragon. I have shiny treasure for you to play with, I’ll keep you warm and safe, and if it suits my purpose, I’ll chain you to the floor and kill your client by throwing quarters at him with my magic. Been there, done that.”

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380. “My investigative technique mostly consisted of going through the list of interested parties and making as much noise as possible, until the culprit lost his patience and tried to shut me up.”

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381. “He puts himself between evil creatures and small children. He protects us. He is my monster, Commander. Should any rough men come here and try to take what is ours, he will remind them of that.”

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382. “Because you can’t lie, Kate. Everything you think is right there on your face. I’ve met kindergarteners who are better actors than you.”

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383. “William glanced at her. “Does your sister ground you often?” “No. She mostly does this.” Georgie rolled his eyes in perfect imitation of her and muttered, “Why me?”

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384. “Magic could not be measured and explained in scientific terms, for magic grew through destroying the very natural principles that made science as people knew it impossible.”

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385. “Don’t do this to yourself,” he said. “It’s a cycle, Kate. We fight for the Pack, they fight for us. We bleed, they bleed. Sometimes people die. Everyone who came with me came of their own free will. The knew where we were going. They all knew there was a good chance that not everybody would make it out. This isn’t the first fight or the last. People will sacrifice themselves for us again, and we’ll do the same. I don’t know how bad the future will be, but I promise you, we’ll deal with it. You and I. Together.”

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386. “The world’s pulse skipped a beat. Magic flooded in. “Yes.” I grinned and grabbed the blanket. “Onward, my noble steed. To our inevitable doom and gory death.” Thirty.”

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387. “History had a way of rolling over the best-laid plans like a runaway bulldozer.”

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388. “I refuse to be defined by which functions my body can or cannot perform well. Quite frankly, I’m more than the sum of my physical parts. I’ve come to terms with my new life and achieved personal happiness.”

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389. “I’d signed six things and my stack wasn’t getting any smaller. It was like the paperwork was breeding while I worked.”

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390. “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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391. “To Mother “no” was simply a “yes” that hadn’t had a chance to hear her out.”

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392. “If I have to murder Hugh, I don’t want to do it naked,” he said. “It would be weird.”

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393. “On the seventh of May, Cerise Mar, Erian Mar, and Mikita Mar traveled to the aforementioned manor house and found Lagar Sheerile, Peva Sheerile, Arig Sheerile, and several men in their employ on the premises. Cerise Mar voiced a polite and a nonviolent request that they get the hell off our land, which was refused.”

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394. “Where the hell would I go without you, Kate? No matter where I went, you would be there in my head. I would miss you every moment of my life.”

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395. “May I say that I am delighted that my favorite alpha is feeling better. Why, you’ll be running recklessly into danger against overwhelming odds anytime now.”

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396. “Shut up. How was I supposed to know two little bears hurt you, Goldilocks?”

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397. “Did I ever tell you that you are like sunshine in the middle of the night?”

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398. “Well, well. The new head of the People’s Atlanta office had come to see me personally. I’d curtsy but I was too tired to get off my donkey and the sword on my back would get in the way.”

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399. “It was the kind of sky that called space pirates to their ships.”

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400. “The problem with Conlan was that he had his father’s unshakeable confidence and his mother’s mouth.”

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