{"author":"Kelley Armstrong","author_id":"Kelley+Armstrong","total_quotes":91,"quotes":[{"text":"I wouldn’t call Gabriel Walsh if I was on fire.” She pursed her lips. “No, I might. To sue everyone responsible—from the person who lit the match to those who made my clothes. But I’d wait until the fire was out. Otherwise, he’d just stand there until I was burned enough for a sizable settlement.","author":"Kelley Armstrong","tags":["gabriel","grace","lawyer-jokes","olivia","suing"],"id":2692,"author_id":"Kelley+Armstrong"},{"text":"Maybe my expectations for honesty are too high.","author":"Kelley Armstrong","tags":["expectations","honesty"],"id":11859,"author_id":"Kelley+Armstrong"},{"text":"You were just worried about me.' An exhale, relieved that I had understood. 'Yeah'I turned. 'Because you think I'm worth it'He put his fingers under my chin. 'I absolutely think your worth it.'But you don't think you are.'His mouth opened. Shut.'That's what this is about, Derek. You won't let us worry about you because you don't think you're worth it. But I do. I absolutely do.","author":"Kelley Armstrong","tags":["necromancy","romance","young-adult"],"id":21637,"author_id":"Kelley+Armstrong"},{"text":"He leaned her back against the tub, setting her head on the edge, then washed her shoulders. 'I know I left you once.'She opened her mouth, wanting to say it didn't matter, it was forgotten. But it wasn't. 'I know I hurt you.'Again, she wanted to argue. But she couldn't. 'I know I said I won't leave you again, but I also know that's not enough, and that the only way you're going to trust that I won't leave is if I don't'. He slid the cloth over her arms. 'If this ends, Hope, it won't be me that ends it. I think you know that.","author":"Kelley Armstrong","tags":["hope","karl"],"id":21968,"author_id":"Kelley+Armstrong"},{"text":"You know children, always playing with the forces of darkness.","author":"Kelley Armstrong","tags":["demon","necromancer","urban-fantasy","young-adult"],"id":28094,"author_id":"Kelley+Armstrong"},{"text":"Of the Phoenix kids, the one Derek got along best with was Daniel. In him, Daniel had found a good sparring partner. And a plotting partner, too. Derek wasn’t just the biggest and strongest in our group. He was also the smartest. Scary, off-the-charts smart. That intimidated Daniel a little at first—he’s bright, but he needs to work for his grades. But Derek wasn’t a show-off or a know-it-all, so they got past that and we would hang out together, the two guys, Chloe, and I planning and plotting our future, bouncing ideas off one another.","author":"Kelley Armstrong","tags":["daniel","derek","friends","smart"],"id":32672,"author_id":"Kelley+Armstrong"},{"text":"In the meantime, I’ll get a job. I’ll pay my own way.” “A job?” “Mmm, yeah. It’s that thing people do to make money.","author":"Kelley Armstrong","tags":["job","money","mother","olivia","rick-people","sarcasm"],"id":47519,"author_id":"Kelley+Armstrong"},{"text":"What's next? If there are vampires in there, they probably drink artificial blood plasma substitute.","author":"Kelley Armstrong","tags":["vampires"],"id":48454,"author_id":"Kelley+Armstrong"},{"text":"I ran my tongue along the top of his underwear, letting it slide underneath. Then I shifted my body forward, lips moving back up his chest, until I was straddling him again.","author":"Kelley Armstrong","tags":["paranormal-romance","shifters","witches"],"id":50425,"author_id":"Kelley+Armstrong"},{"text":"Picture a place called the Karma Kafe and it'll save me the bother of describing it. There was nothing in it you wouldn't expect, from the Buddha flowerpots to the wallpaper decorated with symbols that probably said, 'If you bought this just because it looked pretty, may Buddha piss in your coffee, you culturally ignorant moron.","author":"Kelley Armstrong","tags":["decoration","sarcasm"],"id":53980,"author_id":"Kelley+Armstrong"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":91,"pages":10,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}