#lake

The Sick Rose O Rose, thou art sick. The invisible worm That flies in the night In the howling storm Has found out thy bed Of crimson joy, And his dark secret love Does thy life destroy. ↗

— William Blake

#secrets #william-blake #art

Just what I needed—a necromancer with an attitude. Oh, wait, I was a necromancer with an attitude. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#attitude

If I wasn't dead already, I'd said I was having a heart attack. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#byron #dreams

I drank some of that lake! I might have choked on a fish or a frog or a...a...a turtle!" "It is wisest to keep one's mouth shut while sifting." She skewered him with a frosty stare. "Now you tell me." Damn the fairy, anyway. There she stood, feeling ragtag and bedraggled, and he only looked more beautiful wet, all drippy and shimmery gold-velvet, his hair a wet tangle to his waist. "Come Gabrielle," he said, extending his hand, "we must keep moving. They can track me by what little magic I'm using to sift, but only to a general vicinity. We need to keep sifting, to spread out their search." "Is there anything else it's wisest to do that I should know about before we just pop off again?" She tucked her hands behind her back so he couldn't grab her and just sift rather than answering her. Besides, she needed a minute to brace herself for the next bout of traveling in a manner that defied all the known laws of physics. "You might try kissing me. Better my tongue than a frog, no?" Dark eyes sparking gold, he reached for her. "Close contest. ↗

— Karen Marie Moning

#gabby #karen-marie-moning #lake #the-immortal-highlander #beauty

Blake peers around Amelia's shoulder. "He looks like Sleeping Beauty." "Don't ever say that to his face," says Wolfboy."Actually, do. If he wakes up, promise me you'll say that to his face. ↗

— Leanne Hall

#jethro #beauty

He wanted you dead, now he doesn't, I don't know why. Chimera's crazy, he doesn't need a reason to change his mind. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#bacchus #chimera #narcissus-in-chains #change

Great. Every time I thought I understood the rules, they changed. Why was it that the **** rules always seemed to change for the worse? ↗

— Anita Blake

#change

Stupidity isn't punishable by death. If it was, there would be a hell of a population drop. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#stupidity #death

Death, jewelry, or magic; it sounded like Valentine's Day. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#death

Sendak is in search of what he calls a "yummy death". William Blake set the standard, jumping up from his death bed at the last minute to start singing. "A happy death," says Sendak. "It can be done." He lifts his eyebrows to two peaks. "If you're William Blake and totally crazy. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#death #singing #death