Ashley Raymond

“"I don't know; Killers are sort of romantic. Imagine your dying with his hands around his throat. He'd strangle the life out of you, and the last thing you would see would be his face."”
― L.J. Smith, The Awakening / The Struggle

“Feeling better?” he asked.
“As warm as chicken-apple soup.”
“I’m never going to hear the end of that, am I?”
― L.J. Smith, Nightfall

“There’s nothing to read into. I’m here to collect my beloved Damon and
Stefan is just helping me.”

Bonnie looked at her with her brows knitted and her mouth pursed, but
didn’t venture a word.

“Bonnie?”
“Um-hm?”
“Did I just say what I thought I said?”
“Um-hm.”

Elena, with one motion, gathered an armful of pillows and deposited them
on her face.”
― l.j smith, The Awakening

“A pair of werewolves occupied another booth. They were eating raw shanks of lamb and arguing about who would win in a fight: Dumbledore from Harry Potter books or Magnus Bane.
"Dumbledore would totally win," said the first one. "He has the badass Killing Curse."
The second lycanthrope made a trenchant point. "But Dumbledore isn't real."
"I don't think Magnus Bane is real either," scoffed the first. "Have you ever met him?"
"This is so weird," said Clary, slinking down in her seat. "Are you listening to them?"
"No. It's rude to eavesdrop," said Jace.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Ashes