Deanna Bates

“There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.”
― Oscar Levant

“Sometimes it's not the optimist you need, but another pessimist to walk beside you and know, absolutely know, that the sound in the dark is a monster, and it really is as bad as you think.

Did that sound hopeless? It didn't feel hopeless. It felt reassuring. It felt - real.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, Blood Noir

“Love is too precious to be ashamed of.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, A Stroke of Midnight

“The truth may not set you free, but used carefully, it can confuse the hell out of your enemies.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, Micah