Anita Blake Advice

"Important safety tip: Never look a vampire in the eye."

"An athesist waving a cross at a vampire was truly a pitiful sight."

"If you keep the gun in your purse, you get killed, because no woman can find anything in her purse in under twelve minutes. It is a rule."

"Important safety tip: Never say the name of an angry master vampire when they are within "hearing" distance."

"You can't save everybody. In fact, there are days when I think you can't save anyone. Each person ahs t osave himself first, then you can move in and help. I have found this philosophy does not work during a gun battle, or a knife fight either."

"All Brunos had to be bodyguards."

"Rule number three hundred sixty-nine when dealing with unfamiliar magic: when in doubt, leave it alone."

"Suspicion is heathly. It'll keep you alive."

"Important safety tip with most of the spiritual world: if you ignore it,
it has less power. This does not work with demons or other demibeings. Other exceptions to the rule are vampires, zombies, ghouls, lycanthropes, witches......Oh, hell, ignoring only works for ghosts. But it does work."

"Thou shalt not attack the good guy in his, or her own home. " Though it does get broken.

"Stuffed animals are not meant to be submerged in water."

"Paranoia is just another word for longevity."

"Hope is a lying bitch."

"Guilt is a wonderful motivator."

"Always err on the side of caution when it comes to firearms. Words to survive by."

"Screaming was for when you didn't have anything better to do."

"Lesson number one; never keep a nervous master vampire waiting."

"Good guys were self-sacrificing. It was a rule somewhere."

"Loving the monsters always ends badly for the human. It's a rule ."

"Never take your eyes off the vamire in front of you to glance at the werewolf in back of you. One problem at a time."

"Master vampires are not good to be around when they're angry."

"You don't volunteer for slugfests with vampires. It shortens your life expectancy."

"Assuming the worst was always safer. And usually truer."

"A lot of scathing combacks came to mind, but never get in a pissing contest with the Feds. You'll lose."

"One of the things that's kept me alive is shooting first and asking questions later. Doing it the other way around was no way to stay alive."

"Wounded master vampires get cranky as hell."

"Never look back; something is always gaining on you."