“More people would learn from their mistakes if they weren't so busy denying them”
— Harold J. Smith“Mary-Lynnette: You have not read 'Pride and Prejudice'.Ash: Why not?Mary-Lynnette: Because Jane Austen was a human.Ash: How do you know?Mary-Lynnette: Well Jane Austen was a woman, and you're a chauvinist pig.Ash: Yes, well, that I can't argue.”
— L. J. SmithYou love someone because they sing a song only your heart can understand.
— L. J. SmithWhen you're soulmates, it hits you like lightning, and you know that's the one person in the world you were meant to be with.
— L. J. SmithThere's nothing frightening in the dark if you just face it.
— L. J. SmithPeople die... Beauty fades... Love changes... And you will always be alone.
— L. J. SmithShe had never been so close to anybody. It was as if they were one being, together, not predator and prey, but partners in a dance.
— L. J. SmithThe Night World isn't a place. It's all around us. The creatures of Night World are beautiful and deadly and irresistible to humans.
— L. J. SmithI like strong female characters. I try to write them as role models for young girls.
— L. J. SmithWhy do people always assume that volume will succeed when logic won't?
— L. J. SmithNothing really dies as long as it's not forgotten.
— L. J. SmithEvil will never find peace. It may triumph, but it will never find peace.
— L. J. SmithYou only want everything you don't have.
— L. J. SmithInteresting things happen in the dark... sometimes.
— L. J. SmithSky and sea, keep harm from me. Earth and fire, bring my desire.
— L. J. SmithI'm as cruel as life. As cruel as love.
— L. J. SmithYou don't love a girl because of beauty. You love her because she sings a song only you can understand.
— L. J. SmithRight now everything looks so strange to me, as if I don't belong here.
— L. J. SmithEach night I lie and dream about the one Who kissed me and awakened my desire.
— L. J. SmithCome on, it's an American tradition. Apple soup? Mom's homemade chicken pie?
— L. J. SmithGhouls weren't smart, but like the Energizer Bunny they kept going and going.
— L. J. SmithI don't need to kill goats to say things. I CAN talk.
— L. J. SmithThe Blood She Betrayed is unique, and Shahkara, the character, is one of the most engaging strong female role models I’ve seen in a long time.
— L. J. Smith