{"quotes":[{"text":"I have a big hole in my heart,' I said. 'But it'll close over.'I don't want to sound all Dr. Phil,' she said. 'But don't let the scab seal the pain in, okay?'That's good advice,' I said. 'I hope I can manage it.","author":"Charlaine Harris","tags":["amelia","bill compton","heartbreak","sookie stackhouse","vampires"],"id":2805,"author_id":"Charlaine+Harris"},{"text":"By the way, I haven't heard an 'I'm sorry' from you yet.' My sense of grievance had overwhelmed my sense of self-preservation.I am sorry that the maenad picked on you.'I glared at him. 'Not enough,' I said. I was trying hard to hang on to this conversation.Angelic Sookie, vision of love and beauty, I am prostrate that the wicked evil maenad violated your smooth and voluptuous body, in an attempt to deliver a message to me.'That's more like it.","author":"Charlaine Harris","tags":["maenad","romance","sookie-stackhouse","vampire"],"id":3200,"author_id":"Charlaine+Harris"},{"text":"Come on,' I said, taking his hand. Clutching the afghan with the other hand, he trailed down the hall after me, a snow white giant in tiny red underwear.","author":"Charlaine Harris","tags":["eric-northman","funny","sookie-stackhouse","true-blood"],"id":9801,"author_id":"Charlaine+Harris"},{"text":"I had never realized a woman could have to struggle to keep her hands off a man, but here I was, digging my nails into my palms, staring at the inside of my eyelids as though I could maybe see through them if I peered hard enough.","author":"Charlaine Harris","tags":["eric-northman","lust","sookie-stackhouse"],"id":31324,"author_id":"Charlaine+Harris"},{"text":"Because he sounded so lost-the Eric I knew had never been one to do anything other than assume others should serve him-I patted around under the covers for his hand. When I found it, I slid my own over it. His palm was turned up to meet my palm, and his fingers clasped mine. And though I would not have thought it possible to go to sleep holding hands with a vampire, that's exactly what I did.","author":"Charlaine Harris","tags":["eric-northman","funny","sookie-stackhouse","true-blood"],"id":56526,"author_id":"Charlaine+Harris"},{"text":"I'm supposed to be a christian, but most days I don't feel like I can even presume to say that about myself any longer. I have a lot of mad left over. When I can't sleep, I think about the other people who didn't care how much pain and trouble they caused me. And I think about how good I'd feel if they died.","author":"Charlaine Harris","tags":["anger","sookie-stackhouse"],"id":64216,"author_id":"Charlaine+Harris"},{"text":"Okay,' I said. 'I'd hoped to avoid this, but... Bill, I rescind your invitation into my house.' Bill began walking backward to the door, a helpless look on his face, and my brush still in his hand. Eric grinned at him triumphantly.'Eric,' I said, and his smile faded. 'I rescind your invitation into my house.' And backward he went, out my door and off my porch. The door slammed shut behind (or maybe in front of?) them.","author":"Charlaine Harris","tags":["bill-compton","club-dead","eric-northman","sookie-stackhouse","vampires"],"id":82626,"author_id":"Charlaine+Harris"},{"text":"May I search it?' she asked. 'We screen for weapons.'I stared at her, always a risky thing to do to a vampire. 'Of course not. I have no weapons.","author":"Charlaine Harris","tags":["sookie-stackhouse","sophie-a","vampires"],"id":93262,"author_id":"Charlaine+Harris"},{"text":"Vampires, bringing America together!","author":"Charlaine Harris","tags":["sookie-stackhouse","vampires"],"id":102041,"author_id":"Charlaine+Harris"},{"text":"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.","author":"Charlaine Harris","tags":["friendship","pam","sookie-stackhouse","vampires"],"id":105160,"author_id":"Charlaine+Harris"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":37,"pages":4,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}