Fiction just makes it all more interesting. Truth is so boring.

— Charlaine Harris

Ha," I said. "Oh, ha-ha. Yeah, ’cause they love me. You see how many vampires are up here? Zero, right?" One," said Eric, stepping out of the stairwell.

— Charlaine Harris

He pulled my coat off my shoulders, looked at it with distaste, hung it on the back of one of the chairs pushed in under the kitchen table. "You are beautiful". No one had ever looked me in the eyes and said that. Eric to Rookie, Page 208.

— Charlaine Harris

Hey, our hair's the same color," I said, eying us side by side in the mirror." Sure is, girlfriend." Eric grinned at me.

— Charlaine Harris

Host was by himself right under one of the portable lights rigged up for the occasion. He had his hands thrust in his pockets, and he looked more serious than I’d ever seen him. There was something strange about the sight, and after a second I figured out why. It was one of the few times I’d ever seen Host alone.

— Charlaine Harris

How grateful are you?" he whispered, his mouth hovering over mine. His eyes were very alert now, and his gaze was boring into mine." That kind of ruins it, when you say something like that," I said, trying to keep my voice gentle. "You shouldn't want me to have sex with you just because I owe you."" I don't really care why you have sex with me, as long as you do it," he said, equally gently.

— Charlaine Harris

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.

— Charlaine Harris

I am self-educated from genre books.

— Charlaine Harris

I’d always enjoyed life, and I knew I would again. But I was going to have to slog through a lot of bad patches to get there

— Charlaine Harris

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.(Rookie Stack house, Dead in the Family)

— Charlaine Harris