61886d2
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Self-pity is like chocolate; as you get older, you can only afford a little bit.
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Charlaine Harris |
4f56290
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The vampire is not a bad man, and he loves you
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Charlaine Harris |
68d4069
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Eric:] "I'm hoping that the more you see me, the more I'll grow on you." [Sookie:] "Like a fungus?" --
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humor
sookie-eric
sookie-stackhouse
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Charlaine Harris |
6b3f0df
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Though I was standing in front of a mirror, I wasn't really seeing my reflection. I was seeing, very clearly, that--at the moment--I was all in the world that Eric could think of as his own. I had better not fail him.
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Charlaine Harris |
0b9f084
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I often cried when I got angry; I hated that. Crying just made you look weak, no matter what triggered it.
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Charlaine Harris |
e3bb048
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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)
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sookie-stackhouse
paranormal
vampires
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Charlaine Harris |
da2d433
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You'll have to ask Bill that, Sookie. And this is the only reason we're going? You're not cleverly using this as an excuse to make out with me?" "I'm not that clever, Eric." "I think you deceive yourself, Sookie," Eric said with a brilliant smile."
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sookie-stackhouse
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Charlaine Harris |
419d11c
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You take I-55 south, and you'll run into I-20. Or you could take..." I was about to be overloaded with information. "Oh that sounds just perfect. Let me do just that, or I'll lose track." Sure, glad I could help." Oh, you surely did." We beamed at each other, just two nice women. I had to fight an impulse to say "I have a tortured vampire in my trunk," out of sheer giddiness."
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humor
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Charlaine Harris |
192fdf1
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We might be on the same page, but I wasn't happy about reading it.
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Charlaine Harris |
4a1fa2f
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I am here," Eric said. "And I am here." I was a little amused at Eric's phone answering technique. "Sookie, my little bullet-sucker," he said, sounding fond and warm. "Eric, my big bullshitter."
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Charlaine Harris |
97b950a
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I felt like a car that had only been operated by one driver... a car its new prospective buyer was determined to take to the Daytona 500.
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Charlaine Harris |
a44da34
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You just don't want a vampire pissed off at you.
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Charlaine Harris |
25a632e
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Better to be screwed physically than financially.
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Charlaine Harris |
d8b9234
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Bring it on, fur-ass!
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fairies
werewolves
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Charlaine Harris |
8560df3
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Sometimes, instead of going down the road less taken, you just charge down the beaten path.
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Charlaine Harris |
7d4959e
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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.
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life-and-living
haters
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Charlaine Harris |
3ab39d5
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Was I just curious about what the agenda might be at a vampire summit? Did I want the attention of more undead members of society? Did I want to be known as a fangbanger, one of those humans who simply adored the walking dead? Did some corner of me long for a chance to be near Bill without seeking him out, still trying to make some emotional sense of his betrayal? Or was this about Eric? Unbeknownst to myself, was I in love with the flamboy..
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bill-compton
eric-northman
true-blood
sookie-stackhouse
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Charlaine Harris |
61fd03e
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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.
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revenge
humor
letter
sookie-stackhouse
faery
paranormal
urban-fantasy
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Charlaine Harris |
75aacb4
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My brother, Jason, came into the bar, then, and sauntered over to give me a hug. He knows that women like a man who's good to his family and also kind to the disabled, so hugging me is a double whammy of recommendation.
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Charlaine Harris |
7bc25c2
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My bodyguard was mowing the lawn in a pink bikini when the body fell from the sky.
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Charlaine Harris |
41c6c47
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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)
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dead-in-the-family
sookie-stackhouse
paranormal
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Charlaine Harris |
c362b1e
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This isn't what I expected when I found out you were sleeping in the house." "What did you expect?" "I expected you'd come over here because you couldn't wait an extra minute to have fabulous, mind-blowing sex with me."
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Charlaine Harris |
12b4357
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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.
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trowel
fairies
dead-and-gone
sookie-stackhouse
vampires
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Charlaine Harris |
9b4f53d
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Eric appeared to be counting my eyelashes. I tried to keep my gaze on my hands, to indicate modesty. I felt power tweaks kind of flow over me and had an uneasy feeling Eric was trying to influence me. I risked a quick peek, and sure enough he was looking at me expectantly. Was I supposed to pull off my dress? Bark like a dog? Kick Bill in the shins? Shit.
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Charlaine Harris |
04f31f1
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This must be the legendary Yankee rudeness
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Charlaine Harris |
013a720
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Do I look like I have anything ?" I asked him, in a reasonable voice. He looked as unnerved as the nurse had. He said, "Sorry," and backed away. I took a step after him. I screamed, "I HAVE NOTHING!" And then I said, in a perfectly calm voice, "See, I never had anything to start with."
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true-blood
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Charlaine Harris |
2c46032
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It was one of God's jokes that such a dumb mind had been put in such an eloquent body.
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beauty
male-beauty
lust
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Charlaine Harris |
400d931
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If I was getting harder, it was in response to the world around me.
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Charlaine Harris |
444b4ee
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Sookie's Thoughts on Debbie Pelt) she had been cruel to Alcide, insulted me grievously, burned a hole in my favorite wrap and--oh--tried to kill me by proxy. Also, she had stupid hair.
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funny
debbiepelt
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Charlaine Harris |
df45dcd
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Snow, here?" Eric was as delighted as a child. "I love snow!"
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flirting
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Charlaine Harris |
c42e535
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One of the most wonderful, and the most appalling, things about Eric loving me was that he didn't give a shit about anyone else.
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Charlaine Harris |
e3b58f0
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There's no way you can kill someone and get to the other side of the experience unchanged.
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philosophy
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Charlaine Harris |
921a11d
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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.
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sookie-stackhouse
werewolf
vampire
urban-fantasy
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Charlaine Harris |
fd7fcb4
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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.
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pam
sookie-stackhouse
vampires
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Charlaine Harris |
020a308
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I love you," Bill said helplessly, as if he wished those magic words would heal me. But he knew they wouldn't. "That's what you all keep saying," I answered. "But it doesn't seem to get me any happier."
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sookie-stackhouse
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Charlaine Harris |
4bd687c
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I'd have to say no, people don't change, but they can learn to behave differently.
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Charlaine Harris |
d084c2c
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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.
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personality
individuality
outside-comfort-zone
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Charlaine Harris |
3047738
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As it was, I couldn't escape the feeling that I was out of my element. I found myself thinking of a book I'd left half-read at home and wishing I'd stuck it in my purse so I could pull it out now.
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Charlaine Harris |
89ce687
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And since I'm going to be in the neighborhood, you thought I might do as an escort? To an orgy?
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svm
true-blood
sookie-stackhouse
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Charlaine Harris |
23c2da6
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I realized that I was really tired of people popping on and off of my property like it was a train station on the supernatural railroad.
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dead-and-gone
sookie-stackhouse
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Charlaine Harris |
d234703
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i hate not knowing what i did." _Eric"
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eric-northman
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Charlaine Harris |
916b0b1
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What's the nature of your emergency?' oh, shit! Just come! There are dead people out here!
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Charlaine Harris |
dc39bfd
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Bill said, "She is mine." I wondered if my hands would move. They would. I raised both of them, making an unmistakable one-fingered gesture. Eric laughed, and Bill said "Sookie!" in shocked admonishment. "I think that Sookie is telling us she belongs to herself," Eric said softly."
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Charlaine Harris |
25c2a28
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Eric was usually pretty Anglo-Saxon about sex.
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Charlaine Harris |