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I worry that when you start quoting Machiavelli to justify your actions, you have ceased to be one of the good guys.

I worry that when you start quoting Machiavelli to justify your actions, you have ceased to be one of the good guys.
– Laurell K Hamilton

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  1. It’s better to be loved than feared, but if you can’t be loved, then fear will do.-Dino quoting Machiavelli – Laurell K Hamilton
  2. We aren’t the good guys, Anita. We’re the necessary guys. -Edward – Laurell K Hamilton
  3. The question is precisely to know whether the past has ceased to exist, or ceased to be useful… – Henri Bergson
  4. If you’re alive, don’t move, if you’re dead, don’t worry about it. – Laurell K Hamilton
  5. Very few people see their own actions as truly evil,… It is left to their victims to decide what is evil and what is not. – Laurell K Hamilton
  6. To justify one’s actions is easy. Acting responsibly and being accountable for actions is very difficult. – Shubha Vilas
  7. To use the past to justify the present is bad enough-”but it’s just as bad to use the present to justify the past. – Amitav Ghosh
  8. Fear leads to worry. Worry leads to depression. But faith overcomes fear and worry. – Lailah Gifty Akita
  9. When I don’t have something to worry about, I worry. Nothing comes so naturally to a human being as anxiety and worry. – Brian Richardson
  10. Never trust people who smile constantly. They’re either selling something or not very bright. – Laurell K Hamilton
  11. Zebrowski says that if you killed someone else just hide the body, he’s not starting over on the paperwork. – Laurell K Hamilton
  12. Can the sarcasm,’ he said. ‘Please, I always use fresh sarcasm, never canned. – Laurell K Hamilton
  13. There had to be a circle of Hell where you were eternally fourteen, eternally in junior high. One of the lower circles. – Laurell K Hamilton
  14. You can’t kill us all, human.’ He was right. I raised the machine gun a little. ‘True, but who’s going to be first in line? – Laurell K Hamilton
  15. I don’t have a master. I’m not sure if I have an equal. – Laurell K Hamilton
  16. He will not let you come barging in to his world like the proverbial bull in the china shop. – Laurell K Hamilton
  17. People are supposed to fear the unknown, but ignorance is bliss when knowledge is so damn frightening. – Laurell K Hamilton
  18. When in doubt, ignore and be horribly unimpressed – Laurell K Hamilton
  19. There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds. – Laurell K Hamilton
  20. Before I knew you, I thought brave was not being afraid. You’ve taught me that bravery is being terrified and doing it anyway. – Laurell K Hamilton
  21. Sex is like crying, it does look pretty if you really do it – Laurell K Hamilton
  22. Sex was never as neat as the movies made it. Real sex was messy. Good sex was messier. – Laurell K Hamilton
  23. In real life I do violence, but for psychic stuff I do other things better. – Laurell K Hamilton
  24. Nothing is more appealing than a handsome man who is also uncertain of himself. – Laurell K Hamilton
  25. Out last chance is a cat’s magic sight. We are doomed. – Laurell K Hamilton
  26. Confidence is a fine trait. Over-confidence isn’t. – Laurell K Hamilton
  27. I know, I know. I rescued him and he’s bonded to me like a baby duck. – Laurell K Hamilton
  28. Vampires are people too! – Laurell K Hamilton
  29. …on the job there was nothing but the job. You left the shit outside the door. You could always pick it up on your way back out. – Laurell K Hamilton
  30. Sometimes it would be nice not to have to do my best. Sometimes it would just be nice not to have a crisis to deal with. – Anita Blake – Laurell K Hamilton
  31. Vampires were always either trying to kill me, or own me. God I hated being popular. – Laurell K Hamilton
  32. What do you do with a master vampire that won’t leave you alone? Good question. Unfortunately, what I needed was a good answer. – Laurell K Hamilton
  33. Sticks and stones will break your bones, but failure will get you killed. – Laurell K Hamilton
  34. Edward smiled, I smiled, even Bernardo smiled. Olaf just looked sinister. – Laurell K Hamilton
  35. Every ruler should strive for his people to love him. But if they cannot love you, then make them fear you. Love is better, but fear will do the job. – Laurell K Hamilton
  36. He’d kill you all right. No sweat. But for the wrong reasons. Amateur’s reasons. Of course, you’ll be just as dead. – Laurell K Hamilton
  37. An atheist waving a cross at a vampire was a truly pitiful sight. – Laurell K Hamilton
  38. Lust has less logic than love, sometimes, but it’s easier to fight. – Laurell K Hamilton
  39. It may be a crush, or hero worship (…), it may not be love, but if you’ve never felt anything stronger, how do you tell the difference? – Laurell K Hamilton
  40. If the eyes are the window to the soul, then Edward’s in trouble ’cause no one is home. – Laurell K Hamilton

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