Top 29 Quotes & Sayings by L. J. Smith

'Shadow Souls' pushes probably every border that you can.

I've thought that 'Soulmate' in the 'Night World' series would make a really nice TV-movie or just a movie.

I like strong female characters. I try to write them as role models for young girls.

I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.

The 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. This girl can handle herself! The plot is full of ingenious twists, turns and surprises, and I look forward to reading the next book in the series.

The Night World isn't a place. It's all around us. The creatures of Night World are beautiful and deadly and irresitable to humans. Your best friend could be one-so could your crush.

I'm as cruel as life. As cruel as love.

Sky and sea, keep harm from me. Earth and fire, bring my desire.

You don't love a girl because of beauty. You love her because she sings a song only you can understand.

Evil will never find peace. It may triumph, but it will never find peace

Ghouls weren't smart, but like the Energizer Bunny they kept going and going.

You only want everything you don't have.

Come on, it's an American tradition. Apple soup? Mom's homemade chicken pie?' She chuckled in spite of herself, then winced. 'It's apple pie and Mom's homemade chicken soup. But you didn't do badly, for a start.

There's nothing frightening in the dark if you just face it

Right now everything looks so strange to me, as if I don't belong here. It's me that's out of place. And the worst thing is that I feel there's somewhere I do belong, but I just can't find it.

You love someone because they sing a song only your heart can understand.

Interesting things happen in the dark . . . sometimes.

Bonnie who had never hurt a - a harmless thing for malice. Bonnie who was like a kitten making airy pounces at no prey at all. Bonnie with her hair that was called something strawberry but that looked simply as if it was on fire. Bonnie of the translucent skin with the delicate violet fjords and estuaries of veins all over her throat and inner arms. Bonnie who had lately taken to looking at him sideways with her large childlike eyes big and brown under lashes like stars...

Why do people always assume that volume will succeed when logic won't?

I don't need to kill goats to say things. I CAN talk.

People die... Beauty fades... Love changes... And you will always be alone.

Yeah, tell me I'm a bottle of single malt scotch, she thought. That's the way to my heart.

People die . . . so love them every day. Beauty fades . . . so look before it's gone. Love changes . . . but not the love you give. And if you love, you'll never be alone.

The Vampire Diaries is the story of Elena falling in love with Damon.

Nothing really dies as long as it's not forgotten

It means that there's only one love for everyone who exists. And when you meet that love, you know them. You know you were meant to be together, and nothing can keep you apart.

She 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.

When 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. You don't think you're soulmates; you just know it's your destiny whether you like it or not.

Each night I lie and dream about the one Who kissed me and awakened my desire I spent a single hour with him alone And since that hour, my days are layed with fire.