110+ Ilona Andrews Quotes On Books, Perspective And Edge

Ilona Andrews is an American novelist who writes urban fantasy and romance novels. She is a husband and wife writing team, composed of Ilona Gordon and Andrew Gordon. Ilona Andrews has written over 30 novels, including the Kate Daniels and Edge series. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Ilona Andrews on love, books, leadership.

Top 10 Ilona Andrews Quotes

1. Now climb, young grasshopper, so your Kung Fu won't be weak.
2. Black hair, angelic face, and devil eyes.
3. Strawberry Shortcake called, she wants her outfit back
4. First rule of bodyguard detail: know where your 'body' is at all times.
5. If the sky could dream, it would dream of dragons.
6. The decorator of Las Colimas must have been a great admirer of both early Aztec and late Taco Bell architectural styles.
7. I'm welding the bimbo room shut.
8. Your headlights don't scare me.
9. She can tell you the height of the attacker from the trigonometry of the blood spatter, while I'm fuzzy on what trigonometry is.
10. I had forgotten that talking to you is like trying to pet a cactus." Saiman said dryly. "Thank you for reminding me." "Always happy to oblige.

Ilona Andrews Short Quotes

• Nothing kills a party like an oversize metal hedgehog.
• Ve haf vays of making you gif us your DNA sample.
• The pervert." "He prefers to think of himself as sexual deviant." "Semantics.
• When you walk a dog on a short leash, she's close enough to bite you.
• Some men were handsome. Some were powerful. Curran was...dangerous.
• He caressed my cheek. "You came for me," I whispered. "Always," he told me.
• You fellows ever thought of hiring out as a Christmas lights crew? You’d make a fortune.
• The rabbis paled. I’d managed to terrify holy men. Maybe I could beat up a nun for an encore.
• Put your badass face on and follow me.
• I can't give you the white picket fence, and if I did, you'd set it on fire.

Ilona Andrews Quotes About Love

When I'm with him, I can feel myself getting better. It's like he's picking up broken pieces of me and putting me back together, and I don't even know he's doing it. We never talk about it. We don't go to therapy. He just loves me and that's enough. — Ilona Andrews

Next to me, Saiman smiled. "We all want what we can't have, Kate. I want you, you want love, and he wants to break my neck. — Ilona Andrews

I love you, and you're the measure of my wrath. Declan. — Ilona Andrews

At the door, Audrey called, "Are you coming?" "No, just breathing hard, love." He glanced at her and was rewarded by an outraged glare, followed by, "Oh, my God! — Ilona Andrews

George turned to her. His blue eyes widened. His lovely face took on a forlorn, deeply troubled expression. He leaned forwar, and, in a theatrical whisper, said, 'My past is tragic. I wouldn't want to burden you with it. It's a pain I must suffer alone. In the rain. In silence. — Ilona Andrews

Some men got excited by white lace and a translucent negligee. My love muffin got excited by a woman dressed to murder. There was probably something deeply twisted about that. Lucky for me, negligees were never my thing. — Ilona Andrews

If my luck held, it wouldn't be a handsome Greek demigod looking for the love of his life or at least his love of a couple of hours. — Ilona Andrews

I know a man who is in love with my friend. He loves her absolutely. The only thing he wants in return is for her to love him.” Saiman arched his eyebrows, imitating me. “And?” "You’re the exact opposite of him. You lack the capacity to love, so you want to smother mine as well. — Ilona Andrews

Congratulations, love. You traded up. Does he treat you well?' 'He's a teddy bear,' I said. Teddy bear looked like he was suffering from murder withdrawal. (Rene and Kate on Jim!) — Ilona Andrews

You know," she said, stirring her tea, "the fastest way to get him off your back is to sleep with him. And tell him you love him. Preferably while in bed." I smirked and the tea almost came out of my nose. "He'd run like he was on fire. — Ilona Andrews

Ilona Andrews Quotes About Order

Cats randomly refuse to follow orders to prove they can. — Ilona Andrews

Did the Order return your sense of humor as part of the severance package? — Ilona Andrews

The Order of Merciful Aid provided merciful aid, usually on the edge of a blade or the burn of a bullet. — Ilona Andrews

Ted said, "You're working for the Order now." "Yes." "How does it feel?" "Well, Doctor, it feels rather sore and tingly. — Ilona Andrews

Go home, kiss your wives, hug your children and put your affairs in order, because tomorrow I will burn your neighborhood to the ground. We will kill you, your families, your neighbors, your pets, and anyone who will stand in our path. An attack on my family will not go unpunished. — Ilona Andrews

And you expect me to commute two hours each way from the Keep to the Order." I kept my voice mild. "I suppose I won't be needing my job, my house, or my clothes anymore." "I didn't say that. Although let me get back to you on the clothes. It's still under consideration. — Ilona Andrews

Peope, especially unhappy people, want a cause. They want something to belong to, to be a part of something great and bigger, and to be led. It's easy to be a cog in a machine: you don't have to think, you have no responsibility. You're just following orders, doing as you're told. — Ilona Andrews

Ilona Andrews Quotes About Magical

You slept with Curran and you didn’t tell me? I’m your best friend.” “It didn’t come up.” “How disappointing for you.” Ha-ha. “That’s not what I meant. — Ilona Andrews

Kate Daniels, deadly swordmaster. Fear my twitching pinkie. — Ilona Andrews

Hold your horses. I'm coming."... "From where I'm standing you're just breathing laboriously." The snow swam out of focus. "Breathing hard. Are you coming or just breathing hard. You've got to get your one-liners straight. — Ilona Andrews

Juke glanced into her cup before tipping it down to her mouth. "Screw you!" "Now come on, sugar, you know I don't swing that way." "Whatever! — Ilona Andrews

I know it may come as a shock, but it's sort of considered polite to wait for the consent of the woman. In fact, I'm pretty sure that if you don't wait, you may have to deal with pesky criminal charges like kidnapping and rape. — Ilona Andrews

you might want to decide fast. We live in a dangerous world. If you see a chance to be happy, you have to fight for it, so later you have no regrets. — Ilona Andrews

Everybody has something, that one thing they must do to feel happy. I think this is yours, and I want you to be happy. You don’t have to do it, but it’s here if you choose to come back to it. — Ilona Andrews

What's that?" "That's my attack poodle. — Ilona Andrews

Well, check this out. Mine is bigger. — Ilona Andrews

He'd laugh in my face, then I'd slice him to ribbons and then he'd break my neck — Ilona Andrews

Ilona Andrews Famous Quotes And Sayings

You like the girl," Alasdair offered. Nassar leveled a heavy gaze at him. "Lillian said you tried to be funny in the car. I told her it couldn't possibly be true. The moment you try to make a joke, the sky shall split and the Four Horsemen will ride out, heralding Apocalypse. — Ilona Andrews

"Did those nice church ladies come by again?" He nodded. "I asked them if a man died and then the woman remarried, and then the three of them met in heaven, would it be a sin for them to have a threesome, since they were all married in God's eye. And they decided they were late to be somewhere else." — Ilona Andrews

What do you mean fainted? Took a dive, kissed the pavement. Swooned like a southern belle after her first kiss. Had a dreadful case of the vapors. — Ilona Andrews

Men and swords. My father said that if you put any able-bodied man, no matter how peaceful, into a room with a sword and a practice dummy and leave him alone, eventually the man would pick up the sword and try to stab the dummy. It is human nature. — Ilona Andrews

Is he a scumbag in training?” Richard glanced at the gunman. “At least have the decency to hold the gun properly, you fool. If you don’t know how, pass it to someone who does. I’m not going to suffer being shot at by anything less than a full- fledged lowlife. (Richard) — Ilona Andrews

It was the kind of sword that would make a lifelong pacifist look for tall boots and a hat with feathers. — Ilona Andrews

So this is what it's about? This is your mature response to go off into the mountains rather than talking about it and have s'mores with a gnome and a mountain man." "Yep" "What's your plan for tomorrow? Brunch with a unicorn? — Ilona Andrews

Crazy Curran ranked right up there with monsoons, tornadoes, earthquakes, and other natural disasters. — Ilona Andrews

I gave him my best cryptic smile. He did not fall down to his feet, kiss my shoes, and promise me the world. I must be getting rusty. — Ilona Andrews

Kid 1: *examining my gorgeous strawberry and blueberry pies*: Wow, Mom, your pies don’t look awful this time. Me (Ilona): ... ~A little later~ Kid 2: *wandering into the kitchen* Kid 1: Hey, you’ve got to see these pies. *opening the stove* Kid 2: Wow. They are not ugly this time. Kid 1: I know, right? — Ilona Andrews

My tablecloth was missing in action and long, jagged scratches covered the table's surface.The scratches looked suspiciously like letters. I climbed on a chair and looked at it from above. MINE. Oh, that's great. Fantastic. So mature. Perhaps he would pull my pigtails next or stick a tack on my seat. — Ilona Andrews

On the other hand it was bad manners to look a gift horse in the mouth. Even if you're getting it from an overweight cracker in a fringe shirt. — Ilona Andrews

The monster licked his lips, long lines of whiskers twitching, and spoke in a deep growl. "Pretty, aren't I?" Curran. In midform. I broke from his gaze. "Adorable. — Ilona Andrews

What happened to the alpha-wolf?" "LEGOs." "Legos?" It sounded Greek but I couldn't recall anything mythological with that name. Wasn't it an island? "He was carrying a load of laundry into the basement and tripped on the old set of LEGOs his kids left on the stairs. Broke two ribs and an ankle. — Ilona Andrews

What's with the cute shoelace on your head?" "What this?" He flicked the end of the cord with his finger. "Yeah. Rambo called, he wants his bandana back. — Ilona Andrews

He stepped forward, took a deep breath, and doubled over in a sneezing fit. My werewolf was allergic to tortoises. Why me? — Ilona Andrews

On the plus side, if he ever had to fight through a roomful of adolescent girls, he only needed to blink (his velvet brown eyes framed in embarassingly long lashes) a few times, and they would all faint. — Ilona Andrews

I dived for it, caught it three inches above the cement, and found myself face-to-face with the salamander. Ruby-red eyes regarded me with mild curiosity, black lips parted, and a long, spiderweb-thin filament of a tongue slithered from the salamander’s mouth and kissed the sphere’s glass in the reflection of my nose. Hi, I love you, too. — Ilona Andrews

They had picked up Julie's scent hit wolfsbane lost her and found her trail again at the crumbling Highway 23 except it was two hours old and mixed with horse scents. She was hitchhiking. Great. Awesome. At least she always carried a knife with her. When I relayed this to Curran he shrugged and said, "If she kills anybody we'll make it go away. — Ilona Andrews

I'm secure enough in myself to wear panties with bows on them. Besides, they are comfy and soft." "I bet." He almost purred. I gulped. — Ilona Andrews

Let’s talk.” I pinned Red to his chair with my stare. I did deranged quite well, when the occasion required. — Ilona Andrews

He lunged for the maps. I grabbed the chair and hit him with it. He went down. I hit him again to make sure he stayed that way, stepped over him, and picked up the maps. "I win. — Ilona Andrews

In diplomacy, like in great many other things, the rules of engagement survive only until one remarkable person decides to break them. — Ilona Andrews

I took the jacket off, changed my T-shirt for a dark gray tank top, slipped on the tangle of the back sheath, and put the jacket on again. Thugs are us. Great. Just add a super-tight ponytail and loads of mascara, and I’d be ripe to play a supervillain’s evil mistress. Ve haf vays of making you gif us your DNA sample. — Ilona Andrews

Ready to put your claws where your mouth is, or are you going to cringe behind the big boys and yip all day?" His eyes flared yellow "Is that a challenge?" "Yes it is. — Ilona Andrews

Voshak's hair, a pale blond braid, which he bleached, was his trademark. It made him memorable. That's how the slavers operated. They adopted costumes and personas, trying to make themselves larger-than-life and hoping to inspire fear. They counted on that fear. One could fight a man, but nobody could fight a nightmare. — Ilona Andrews

Every woman should be told she's attractive. Men are seduced by their eyes, women by their ears." Saiman — Ilona Andrews

Your ability to remain alive never ceases to amaze me. — Ilona Andrews

You're screening your calls?" "Why not? It saves me from conversations with idiots." "Is that an insult?" His voice dropped into a deep growl. "You're not an idiot," I told him. "You're just a deadly psychopath with a god complex.(...) — Ilona Andrews

He finished the bandage and was examining it critically. "You know those things are unreliable." His voice held just a touch of reproach. “Eleven out of twelve work fine. I’d say that’s better chances than getting an orgasm with a blind date and women still try. — Ilona Andrews

Just reflecting on the fact that when the Universe punches you in the teeth, it never just lets you fall down. It kicks you in the ribs a couple of times and dumps mud on your head. — Ilona Andrews

Rumors said that if he got drunk enough, he sometimes got his jollies by stripping naked and scaring hikers out in the Broken into thinking he was Bigfoot. — Ilona Andrews

I make a bad mom, but I can pull off a crazy aunt. — Ilona Andrews

I just had to stay cool. Zen. No punching in the face. Punching would not be Zen. — Ilona Andrews

Every time I think you’ve reached the limits of arrogance, you show me new heights. Truly, your egotism is like the Universe—ever expanding. — Ilona Andrews

Aunt B walked out onto the helipad wearing loose yoga pants. “I’m just here to stretch. Kate, want to help?” “Sure.” Thirty seconds later, as I was flying through the air, I decided that this wasn’t the best idea. — Ilona Andrews

I came to the table, pulled up a chair, and sat. “Everyone brought a pet. I feel left out.” An enthusiastic howl broke the silence, and Grendel bounded through the doorway. He galloped through the steak house, skidded on the floor, smashed into my chair, and dropped a dead rat on my lap. Awesome. — Ilona Andrews

Is there a cookie at the end of this lecture? ... I got a cookie after all ... Dear god, the cookie was poisoned. — Ilona Andrews

« He squeezed his hands into fists. I picked up a grapefruit-sized rock and handed it to him. It went flying. Home run, Beast Lord style. — Ilona Andrews

Five minutes later, we were rolling around on the helipad as he tried to muscle his way out of my armlock, after slamming me onto the helipad. “I finally realized the source of your mutual attraction,” Saiman said, his voice dry. I looked up. He was standing a few feet away. “Do enlighten us.” Curran tried to roll into me to break the lock. Oh no you don’t. “You both think violence is foreplay. — Ilona Andrews

I gave him a smile. I was aiming for sweet, but he turned a shade paler and scooted a bit farther from me. Note to self: work more on sweet and less on psycho-killer. — Ilona Andrews

Oh, Gods." His eyes shone with want and predatory satisfaction. "The name's William. It's a common mistake. — Ilona Andrews

Does Curran not involve you in his strategic sessions?” Ghastek asked. “Nope, I’m just here to look pretty. — Ilona Andrews

People can snap. People have a limit. And some people are just plain nuts. — Ilona Andrews

Butterflies were small and light, and very magic sensitive. For some reason I made them feel safe and they gravitated to me like iron shavings to a magnet. They ruined my ferocious badass image, but you'd have to be a complete beast to swat butterflies. — Ilona Andrews

Nice plan. Take the gullible outsiders, walk them around for a bit, then feed them to the giant tortoise. — Ilona Andrews

I was a knight," Andrea said. "I'm not just going to start shooting every dickhead who mouths off to me." "Just making sure." "Besides, if I shot him, I'd do it so nobody could trace it back to me. I'd shoot him somewhere remote, his head would explode like a melon, and they would never find his body. He would just vanish. — Ilona Andrews

She surveyed the carnage behind him. "Did you have fun?" He showed her his teeth. "Yes. — Ilona Andrews

Julie was an issue riding on an issue and using a third issue for a whip. — Ilona Andrews

You're not going to die?" "Not right this minute." And of course, saying something like that usually resulted in immediate dying. I braced myself for a stray meteorite falling through the roof to crush my skull. — Ilona Andrews

Her face looked like it would shatter any second. — Ilona Andrews

You know anything about investigative work?" "Sure. Annoy the people involved until the guilt party tries to make you go away. — Ilona Andrews

I don't trust tragedies much. It's easy to make a person sad by showing him something tragic. We all recognize when sad things happen: someone dies, someone loses a loved one, young love is crushed. It's much harder to make a man laugh-what's funny to one person isn't funny to another. — Ilona Andrews

The sight of me puffing and straining apparently amused him to no end. — Ilona Andrews

One day I'll kill him, you know. I glanced at her. She was deadly serious. — Ilona Andrews

Curran and Kate stood by the door. "I can't believe you decided to come down here and check on me," she said. "The guy once handed you a fan and told you to fan yourself if the sight of his naked torso was too much." "That was like a year ago. Will you let it go already?" "No." Curran grabbed her and pulled her to him, kissing her. "Never." She kissed him back and smiled. Awww. Kate and the Beast Lord sitting in a tree. — Ilona Andrews

I flexed my wrist, popped a silver needle into my palm, and offered it to him. 'What's this?' 'A needle.' 'What should I do with it?' He'd walked right into it. Too easy. 'Please use it to pop your head. It's obscuring my view of the room.' - Kate & Saiman — Ilona Andrews

She eats grass. Don’t ask. — Ilona Andrews

I dropped all the guards. All the leashes, all the chains, everything that ever restrained me through the discipline and fear of discovery, I let it all go. No need to hide. — Ilona Andrews

Since we’re playing that game… I tilted my face up to his and gave him a lovesick gaze. “Do you have to sneeze?” he asked. “Be quiet. I’m pretending to enjoy your company, just as you said.” “Try not to strain anything.” “Oh, I won’t. I’m very good at faking it.” That shut him up. — Ilona Andrews

One day, she’d find a way to live her life to the fullest. She was sure of it. She just had no idea how she would manage it. — Ilona Andrews

If I lose control, you'll be the first to know." "I'm quite perturbed by the idea. — Ilona Andrews

Half-man, half-beast, all nightmare. The shapeshifter warrior form. — Ilona Andrews

If you come back to me, I'll never leave you", I whispered into the furry ear. "I'll make you all the pies you could ever eat. — Ilona Andrews

I sighed and put Slayer between the front seats. "Stay here. Guard the car." Saiman shut the door. "Is the sword sentient?" "No. But I like to pretend it is. — Ilona Andrews

As I walked back to civilization, I realized that for the first time in the six months I had known Curran, we had managed to have a conversation and part ways without wanting to kill each other. I found that fact deeply troubling. — Ilona Andrews

Judging by the hard lines of his face and the flat look in his eyes, he'd left the Marines, but the Corps hadn't quite left him. — Ilona Andrews

I’d give him a cup of coffee and a big helping of a knuckle sandwich. Generosity was a virtue and I was in the mood to be extremely virtuous. — Ilona Andrews

I know people who will gently persuade you to be forthcoming. — Ilona Andrews

If you don't explain it all to me, I might strangle somebody." Of course, Raphael might like that. — Ilona Andrews

I also stole a small yellow doughnut from the box of Duncan's doughnuts in the rec room and fed it to the attack poodle in my office. He made a great production of it. First, he growled at the doughnut, just to show it who was boss. Then he nudged it with his nose. Then he licked it, until finally he snagged it into his mouth and chomped it with great pleasure, dropping crumbs all over the carpet. — Ilona Andrews

Beautiful I would never be. Striking, that I could manage. — Ilona Andrews

Isn’t that why you have that gun mounted on the front? Or is it for other reasons, because I would’ve thought that a man with your powers would be past the urge to compensate.” Barabas grinned. “I had forgotten that talking to you is like trying to pet a cactus,” Saiman said dryly. “Thank you for reminding me.” “Always happy to oblige. — Ilona Andrews

You need a name.” I covered the receiver for a moment. “We need a team name.” “Hunters,” Raphael said. “Valiant Knights of the Fur,” Dali said. “Justice Group,” Jim said. “Since Justice League is taken.” “Fools.” Doolittle shook his head. “Fools,” I said into the receiver. — Ilona Andrews

...you expect me to fall on my back with my legs spread." "Not necessarily. ... You can fall on your hands and knees if you prefer. Or against the wall. Or on the kitchen counter. I suppose I might let you be on top, if you make it worth my while. — Ilona Andrews

Runes, runes, runes... Runes. An inverted Algiz rune. The caption next to it said “Chernobog.” The Black God. Right. Of course, it wouldn’t be Chernobog, God of Morning Dew on the Rose Petals, but a woman could always hope. — Ilona Andrews

Syphilis. Lots and lots of magically delicious Syphilis. — Ilona Andrews

Life Lessons by Ilona Andrews

1. Ilona Andrews' work emphasizes the importance of resilience and determination in the face of adversity, showing that with enough hard work and dedication, any goal can be achieved.
2. Her stories also emphasize the importance of family and friendship, and how these relationships can be a source of strength and support in difficult times.
3. Finally, her work also highlights the importance of self-reflection and personal growth, and how it can lead to a greater understanding of oneself and the world around them.