Laurell K. Hamilton, A Stroke of Midnight

"Love is too precious to be ashamed of."

"My father had taught me to be nice first, because you can always be mean later, but once you've been mean to someone, they won't believe the nice anymore. So be nice, be nice, until it's time to stop being nice, then destroy them."

"No name-calling truly bites deep unless, in some dark part of us, we believe it. If we are confident enough then it is just noise."

"Love is too precious to be ashamed of."

"Love is too precious to be ashamed of."

"Love is too precious to be ashamed of."

"My father had taught me to be nice first, because you can always be mean later, but once you've been mean to someone, they won't believe the nice anymore. So be nice, be nice, until it's time to stop being nice, then destroy them."