How about you ask me something like, "What do you want more than anything?" and I reply with, "A hellhound in my bed"?

— Amanda Carlson

Humans don't leap buildings. Stuntmen with harnesses do. And won't my crashing eight stories to the ground be detrimental to the mission? The dark elves will swarm me and take me hostage instantly." "That might be true, but you're not going to fall," he said.

— Amanda Carlson

I’d gone from living alone in New York as a lowly shoe clerk to becoming a shield maiden with a family to come home to. It didn’t get much better than that.

— Amanda Carlson

I have trouble controlling my base emotions when the moon is full, but anger is the hardest for me. If I'm mad, I turn into the Hulk. Except I'm not green.

— Amanda Carlson

I like you like this. The way it should be. Safe in my arms.

— Amanda Carlson

I never thought my life would end like this. Being hunted by mythological creatures in my pajamas. Honestly, it never entered my mind.

— Amanda Carlson

I nodded to Sam. "I'll just clean up these boxes and meet you out on the floor." Macy's didn't mess around their shoe department in New York. It spanned two floors, and it was always busy. "Okay," she relented. "If you're not out in ten minutes, I'm coming back to find you." "Got it. I was relieved when she finally walked out of the stockroom. I wanted to forget this craziness had ever occurred. Tom bent over to help me as I gathered the errant shoes. "Dude," he said, "can I touch your arm? I've never touched anyone who's died before.

— Amanda Carlson

I sighed. "Would it be too much to ask that Asgard be peaceful? Made up of big, fluffy clouds, serenity, and lots of hot yoga?

— Amanda Carlson

Jesus, Jess, it would be nice if you stayed out of life-and-death scenarios for five minutes.

— Amanda Carlson

Let me get this straight," I said once I was settled securely on the rock. "I was struck by some kind of magical energy sent from Odin that shot out of the lights in the storeroom at Macy's, hitting me and knocking me into a pile of shoes? And because of that, I'm now immortal?

— Amanda Carlson