110+ Kim Harrison Quotes On Education, Religion And Identity

Kim Harrison is an American author best known for her New York Times bestselling Hollows series of urban fantasy novels. She has also written several short stories, novellas, and non-fiction articles. Harrison has also written several other urban fantasy series, such as The Peri Reed Chronicles, The Madison Avery Series, and The Rachel Morgan Series. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Kim Harrison on education, religion, leadership.

Top 10 Kim Harrison Quotes

1. And then there are the rare ones who know love, who understand it. Who freely give of themselves, demanding only a return of that love,that trust.
2. Actually, I am kind of busy right now,” I drawled as I settled back into the chair and closed my eyes. “You have to make melanin while the sun shines.
3. I’ve got your back. Nothing alive will ever hurt you if I have breath in me. And nothing dead will hurt you if I don’t.” (Kisten)
4. Maybe he thinks he can rescue me? No one is that stupid.
5. Sure, he had a wife and fifty-four kids, but he looked like a college freshman. A yummy college freshman majoring in Oh-my-god-I-gotta-get-me-some-of-that.
6. I sighed. I hated the maze of bureaucracy with a passion, but I've found the best way to deal with it is to smile and act stupid. That way, no one gets confused.
7. You bet your Grannie's Panties I will.
8. Good Lord, I thought, squinting at the bright glare of a late-July morning. No wonder I slept through this. It was noisy with shrieking birds, and already hot.
9. Breaking rules isn't bad when what you're doing is more important than the rule itself
10. I'll wait for you under the bluebells. I'll be there always.

Kim Harrison Short Quotes

• Growing up is hard, love. Otherwise everyone would do it.
• Like the end of a picnic, all the weenies will be roasted.
• Knowledge is Power. Ignorance is Bliss. But curiosity—even if it had killed the cat—is king.
• I was cold, hungry, and in a hole in the ground. But at least I had my elven porn, damnit!
• But I knew Nick. He was too ugly to die.
• Coffee. I could smell coffee. Coffee would make everything better.
• the mad have a grace all their own
• For all his sourness, he was ruled by his heart.
• I want one thing I can point to and say, 'that is good, and it's a part of me.'
• I wish I could say I write 9-5. It's usually more like 8-6, every day but the weekends.

Kim Harrison Quotes About Life

There were no more choices, no more options, no more clever ways out of a tough situation. And the rush, I realized in a brutal wash of despair, is a false god I’ve chased my entire life. One that cost me everything in the blind search for sensation. My entire existence amounted to nothing. — Kim Harrison

she had given me a piece of what made her life sane. — Kim Harrison

Money drives the world, but when everything falls apart to leave the underpinnings of our life bare to the scrutiny of critics and thieves, the only thing remaining, the only thing that can't be taken away, is the love you hold for the people you care about. — Kim Harrison

I want…” he said, then hesitated, taking a breath of air and lifting his chin. “I want one pure thing in my life,” he said loudly, his voice ringing in the red-tinted air. “I want one thing I can point to and say, ‘That is good, and it’s a part of me. — Kim Harrison

I just want my name back so my life can go back to chaotic and weird instead of chaotic and desperate. — Kim Harrison

No, you just keep crashing my life. Look—" I said, and Al grunted. "Here it comes," the demon muttered. "Listen. Listen to this, runt. She's going to have a list. — Kim Harrison

How many mistakes can one life survive? — Kim Harrison

Numb, I took the perfectly browned puff. Okay. Let me see if I have this right. Al provokes me into defending myself. I nearly kill him. Then Newt tries to kill me, thinking I'm Ku'Sox. Al stops her, saving my life. And now we're all going to have s'mores together? — Kim Harrison

Life was going on, and no one but a handful of people cared if I lived or died. — Kim Harrison

I opine-I think you're a woman of your world,' he said from the far end of the couch. 'I would have a hard time seeing you pressed and powdered, dreading a life of servitude under the name of marriage. You'd die in that mold. I like you as you are, fiery and ill tempered. — Kim Harrison

Kim Harrison Quotes About Time

People ask me what I do in my spare time, and I look at them blankly, truly believing that I don't even have spare time, and if I did, I'd probably use it for something mundane, like chipping away at the mound of laundry rising to dangerous proportions in the back room. — Kim Harrison

I got it this time, Daddy Warbucks," I said. — Kim Harrison

Sweet mother of chaos," he breathed. "Rachel, you are indeed one of us. Have your time in the sun. You're worth the extra wait. — Kim Harrison

So I’ve seen my boys do that a hundred times with the neighboring pixy girls. Give her their favorite seed and be too flustered to tell her what it was. — Kim Harrison

Jenks kept me alive for two years through two death threats, a crazy banshee, and at least two serial killers. Its about time I return the favor! And if I can't, then I can sit by his bed and hold his hand as he dies, 'cause I've had plenty of practice doing that, too! — Kim Harrison

Endings are not always bad. Most times they're just beginnings in disguise. — Kim Harrison

My mother isn't crazy. She simply has a harder time than most reconciling her reality with everyone else's reality. — Kim Harrison

The warm dampness of her breath made me shiver at the mix of the familiar and the unknown, with a soft exhalation she shifted her head and her lips found my collarbone, teasingly shy of my old scar. Tendrils pulsed in time with my heart, building on the ones before to an unseen height. — Kim Harrison

I'm only going to be here for a time, then leave you." His gaze met mine. "And I will cry when I go, because I could love you forever. — Kim Harrison

Join us next time for Days of the Undead when Rachel learns her long lost brother is really a crown prince from outer space. — Kim Harrison

Kim Harrison Quotes About Scares

Algaliarept varied its shape, sifting through my mind without me even knowing to choose what scared me the most. Once it had been Ivy. Then Kisten —until I had pinned him in an elevator in a foolish moment of vampire-induced passion. It's hard to be scared of someone after you've French-kissed him. — Kim Harrison

I won’t snatch, harm, or scare to death people with you or use checking up on you as an excuse to cause trouble. You’re worse than my mother, Rachel.” “Mine, too,” Jenks muttered. — Kim Harrison

What are you? I rasped. It smiled. Whatever scares you. — Kim Harrison

Kim Harrison Quotes About Smiled

And if he is lying and he double-crosses you, I’ll kill him for you.” From anyone else, it would have been an idle threat, and I smiled, feeling loved. (Ivy and Rachel) — Kim Harrison

I think she suspects something, though. We’ve had cherry pie for dessert five nights in a row.” His voice drawled, and my smile deepened. — Kim Harrison

My office is trashed,” he grumped as he squished across his damp carpet and took the coffee that I was holding out to him. “Why are you smiling? My fish are dead. — Kim Harrison

A devious spark lit through Al, making me smile. One way. It costs too much, he said. “There’s no inflation in the ever-after, Al.” Call it a recession then. One way. — Kim Harrison

Minias smiled. Great. Another charming demon. I sort of prefer the insane ones. — Kim Harrison

She smiled with the warmth of a penguin. — Kim Harrison

Pierce made a calculating noise, accidentally brushing my knee as he shifted. "As Jenks would say, you snore nice." I smiled back unconvincingly. I snore nice. Not "I opine that your auditory nasal exhalations are most pleasing. — Kim Harrison

Kim Harrison Famous Quotes And Sayings

Go to sleep, baby,Mama will sing. Of blue butterflies, and dragonfly wings. Moonlight and sunbeams, raiments so fine. Silver and gold, for baby of mine. Go to sleep, baby. Sister will tell, of wolves and of lambs, and demons who fell.-Pierce's Lullaby Kim Harrison (Black Magic Sanction) — Kim Harrison

Behind the fury, he was tired. He was tired of being hauled around and shoved into a little room. He was tired of trying for me and failing. And to have Minias know it, to be carted off under his leash…It was almost insulting. Maybe, if I gave Al a night of peace to lick his wounds and his pride, he would grant that same courtesy to me? — Kim Harrison

The small gargoyle had gone entirely white to match the ceiling, and only the rims of his ears, his long clawlike nails, and a thick stripe down his whip-like tail were still gray. He was crawling along the ceiling like a bat, wings held to make sharp angles and claws extended. It just about broke my creepy meter. — Kim Harrison

I could sit and watch nature documentaries with Jenks and the kids the rest of the night if I wanted. And trust me, watching a dozen pixies scream as a crocodile chomped on a zebra was something not to be missed. They invariably cheered for the crocodile, not the zebra. — Kim Harrison

What are you doing in Nicky's room, Rachel? Oooh! He summoned you to the west coast, didn't he? Did you kill him? Good for you taking care of that little problem? I should give you a bunny!" - Algaliarept — Kim Harrison

But the same things that had once attracted menow left me with a mild sense of unease. Ivy would say I was getting smarter, but I just felt…empty. — Kim Harrison

Ah, Jenks? It’s not a lake, it’s a friggin’ freshwater ocean. Did you see the size of the tanker going under the bridge when we came into town? The wake from it could tip us. I’m not canoeing it unless your name is Pocahontas. — Kim Harrison

Happy endings were never handed out. You had to fight for them, earn them with bruised hearts and sacrifices. — Kim Harrison

Welcome home, Rachel mariana Morgan, he said, his goat-slitted eyes holding a new, dangerous light. It's a pleasure to finally meet you. — Kim Harrison

His attitude, though always bad, has changed since he helped me prep the Pandora charm for Morgan. He thinks I'm falling for her, as ridiculous as that sounds, and he might be tempted to take matters into his hands. — Kim Harrison

Hey, ah, does anyone want a cookie or something? Oh yeah. A cookie. That would make everything better. Dunked in a shot of tequila , maybe? Or better yet, just the bottle? Yeah, that ought to do it. — Kim Harrison

Uh... ," Ivy stammered, and I glanced up to see her eyes wide in consideration. "I'm kidding," I said. "It passed the lethal-amulet test, remember?" "Not that. You keep it in your underwear drawer?" I hesitated, wondering why I was embarrassed. "Well, where do you put your elven magic?" I asked. — Kim Harrison

she thought I could find a way to save her soul when she died and became an undead. Right now, I was just looking to find the rent money. I’d get to my roommate’s soul later. — Kim Harrison

But a slow, deeply satisfied smile came over him, and his breath quickened. 'So softly it starts,' he whispered. 'Foolishly clever and with an unsurvivable trust. It just saved your miserable life, that questionable show of thought, my itchy-witch.' Al’s smile shifted, becoming lighter. 'And now you will live to possibly regret it. — Kim Harrison

Al was standing a bare three feet away, his mood almost jovial as he took the paper and it vanished in a wash of black sparkles. “Thank you, Rachel,” he said, carefully reaching for my hand as Trent stiffened. “Welcome back, my itchy witch. — Kim Harrison

Avoiding me, Quen downed a swallow of wine. "Trent is a fine young man," he said, watching the remaining wine swirl. "Yes... " I drawled, cautiously. "If you can call a drug lord and outlawed-medicine manufacturer a fine young man. — Kim Harrison

He wanted that again, that feeling of standing with her against all odds and succeeding. He wanted it so bad, he was going to risk destroying everything he and his father had worked for. — Kim Harrison

That’s my girl,” she said, her eyes holding a shared pain as she saw my confusion. “Al, where are you going to put her? Not in your room. She’d pull a line through you and kill you when you hog the blankets. I’ll take the waif in. I promise I’ll bring this one up properly. — Kim Harrison

Don’t you listen to them, Rexy,” I cooed, and the cat sniffed my nose. “Rachel is a smart girl. She’s not going to go out with a ghost no matter how sexy he is. She knows better. Jenkskie wenskie can just get bent.” I beamed at Jenks, and he made an ugly face. “Rache, put my cat down before you mess with her kitty brain. — Kim Harrison

Al's red eyes slid past me to Pierce. "Play?" he said, his voice dripping with interest. "Gordian Nathaniel Pierce's quirks are legendary. Why do you think I want the runt so badly? Size truly doesn't matter if you can do what he can." ~ Algaliarept, Black Magic Sanction, Kim Harrison — Kim Harrison

Trent looked me up and down. “Is that all you’re going to do?” My pulse quickened, and I gazed at the front of the basilica where the scratching was coming from. “I might have a snack later if nothing comes through those doors. — Kim Harrison

I'd watch your mouth", he said, tilting his head as he looked at my ID."The last lunker who laughed at her picture spent the night in the emergency room with a drink umbrella jammed up his nose". — Kim Harrison

Rachel knew what she was doing. And when she didn't, she could improvise on the fly, coming up with options that left a lot of collateral damage but usually only hurt herself, not the people around her. It was one of the things he would never admit that he admired about her. — Kim Harrison

You need a new hobby, Rachel. Something other than nasty little men with visions of world domination. — Kim Harrison

...It's easier to find a way to make money at something you love than to learn to love a job that you can make money at. — Kim Harrison

Rachel?” came Ivy’s voice from her room. “Where’s my sword?” “In the foyer where you left it last week when the evangelists were canvassing the neighborhood — Kim Harrison

HAPA was like mint. You could rip it up, and six months later, it was back, healthier than ever. Mint smelled better, though, and you could make juleps out of it. I don’t know what I could make out of HAPA. Compost, maybe. — Kim Harrison

His right ear still held both studs, and I wondered who had the missing earring. I would have asked, but was afraid he’d tell me Ivy had it. — Kim Harrison

It stinks of trains and that chili with the chocolate in it. Ooooh, books!" he exclaimed suddenly, making a beeline for the small library. (Al) — Kim Harrison

A witch, a vampire, and a pixy walk into a bar, I thought as I led the way into the Squirrel’s End. It was early, and the sun had yet to set when the door swung shut behind Jenks, sealing us in the warm air smelling faintly of smoke. Immediately Nick yanked it open to come in behind us. And there’s the punch line. — Kim Harrison

Apparently their numerous tattoos gave them protection against the cold as they had no coats. — Kim Harrison

Why?" I said, taking the paper from him as Al smiled. "If it's not what I agreed to, I will burn Al's gonads off the first chance I get. Turn around. I need to use your back for a second." "Ah, hold on a tick," Al said, snapping his fingers again and catching the new paper drifting down. "How silly of me. This is the one. Here. — Kim Harrison

Nick as in my former boyfriend Nick. Ex-rat, ex-boyfriend, ex-alive if I ever got hold of him Nick. — Kim Harrison

My eyes widened at the ball of orange fluff squeezing out from under the counter, blinking and stretching. I looked again, not believing. “It’s a cat,” I said, winning the Pulitzer prize for incredible intellect. — Kim Harrison

Ivy's COOK THE STEAK, DON'T STAKE THE COOK apron. — Kim Harrison

You try getting through the Hollows traffic with a stoned redhead hanging out the window shouting, 'I'm king of the world!' ~Lee — Kim Harrison

I have to save the world tomorrow, and I don't even know what I'm going to wear yet.--Rachel Morgan — Kim Harrison

I’d given up on the white picket fence after Kisten had died—finding out my kids would be demons was the nail in the coffin. — Kim Harrison

She was getting bitchy.That was a good sign. "What am I supposed to do till you get back?" I said, patting the smouldering leather. "Hide in my closet? I"d rather be with you. — Kim Harrison

You are your father's daughter,' he said, the skin around his eyes tightening. 'Trent is his father's son. Apart, you are annoying. Together...you have the potential to be a problem. — Kim Harrison

God, it stinks,” I said, hand over my nose as he pulled me into a long step. Al strode forward, head high. “It’s the stench of bureaucracy, my itchy-witch, and why I chose to go into human resources when but a wee lad. — Kim Harrison

I’m not going to pick her up and carry her screaming to the basement,” Trent said. “It’s a workday. Besides, she has a crutch.” “Crutch or no, she’s hurt!” Ceri protested. “I mean,” Trent said intently, “she can hit me with it if I do something she doesn’t like. — Kim Harrison

You cannot thrash the person who makes you coffee. It's a rule somewhere. — Kim Harrison

Tinks titties Rache Jenks — Kim Harrison

Confused, I asked, "The coven's what?" "Plumber," Ivy said, looking pale as she leaned on Glenn. "You know. Stops leaks?" Oh goodie. I'm a leak. — Kim Harrison

Don't fall into the trap of having to have everything perfect to write or wait until the mood strikes you. If you want it as a job, treat it like a job, and just as you don't go to work only when you feel like it, you have to condition yourself to sit and write even when the ideas don't flow. — Kim Harrison

Jenks, you can fly me up the rest of the way to Trent, and then pow! I give Trent his statue." "Pow, you'll be naked!" Jenks exclaimed. (Rachel and Jenks) — Kim Harrison

The quickest way to a woman's crotch is through her gullet. Can I make you a cake?" Big Al to Pierce, then Rachel. — Kim Harrison

You are the devil to talk to, Rachel," he said curtly. "Will you shut up and listen? — Kim Harrison

We all watched Al open the door. Turning, he waved to us, then passed the threshold. The door shut behind him. I waited for something to happen. Nothing did. “This isn’t good,” Quen said. I choked back my burst of laughter, knowing it would come out sounding hysterical. — Kim Harrison

They tried to kill me,” he said, his brow furrowed as he glared at them. “You saw them!” “Yeah?” I spouted off. “They weren’t very good at it!” (Trent and Rachel) — Kim Harrison

Being poor is not an indication of potential or worth. It’s a lack of resources. — Kim Harrison

The gentle sound of her words became the shushing of my blood in my head, and I listened, hovering on the edge of consciousness, bathed in the oblivion of whatever drug they had given me. — Kim Harrison

Trent and Ellasbeth did the nasty? Ewwww! — Kim Harrison

I'll always be here," he said softly. "You can never fill my need, never drive me away, no matter how much you give me. The good or the bad. I'll always be hungry for emotion, always and forever, and I can feel you hurting. I can turn it to joy. If you'll let me. — Kim Harrison

Yes, but . . .” She hesitated, her gaze finally coming to me. “I survived because I fell in love.” With you was unspoken. — Kim Harrison

Relief spilled into me. He wanted to live. He just didn't know how. — Kim Harrison

Dead Witch Walking is basically a modern-day witch living in Cincinnati. — Kim Harrison

I turned back to the mirror, seeing that there were no lines on it. It was empty. "What happened to my mirror?" I said, bewildered. Then realizing that I was looking at the back of the dumb thing, I swore and turned it over. — Kim Harrison

I'd say she's get us both fired, but the I.S. doesn't let anyone go. Alive. — Kim Harrison

One person can't hold anything, but two can have the world. — Kim Harrison

Newt spun, making her robe unfurl. “He’s my familiar, bought and paid for. I can claim anything of his. Even his life.” Al cleared his throat nervously. “That’s good to know,” he said lightly. “Important safety tip. Rachel, write that down somewhere as lesson number one. — Kim Harrison

Your welcome means more to me, Ivy Alisha Tamwood, than a thousand souls. Watching Rachel work is a wonder of one catastrophe after another. — Kim Harrison

Rachel,” came a raspy voice from the upper level, and both Trent and I turned. It was Quen, wrapped in a blanket as if it was a death shroud, the black-haired intern at his side, supporting him. His hair was plastered to his skull with sweat, and I could see him wavering as he stood there. “Don’t touch Trenton,” he said, his gravelly voice clear in the hush, “or I’m going to have to come down there…and smack you around. — Kim Harrison

You need me, just whistle," he said as he arranged his ball cap over his eyes against the sun leaking through the frost-emptied branches. "You're not coming?" Lifting the brim of his cap, he eyed me, "You want me to?" he asked blandly. "Not really, no." He dropped the brim and laced his hands over his middle. "Then why are you bitching? It's a crime scene, not a grocery store. — Kim Harrison

Jenks squinted at me, and when Trent nodded, the pixy gestured sourly to Bis to get on with it. A four inch man ruled us all. — Kim Harrison

It’s a cat. Boy, you couldn’t slip anything past me tonight. — Kim Harrison

I sighed. "And what am I to you, Al?" "My maid," he said brightly. "Shall we do this? — Kim Harrison

I was having coffee with my bodyguard. I didn't expect to be hunting bad guys until later. Leather before sundown is tacky. — Kim Harrison

Tension pulled my eyes open when her fingers traced a trail down my neck. Sensation blossomed, and I threw my head back and sucked in the air. Her arm slipped around my waist, catching me before I fell. — Kim Harrison

Puppy presents on the rug. This sucked. — Kim Harrison

He just wanted to hold her to him and tell her it would be okay, that she had survived and was beautiful. — Kim Harrison

Rachel, Rachel, Rachel,” he said, very still and unmoving. “Always jumping to the wrong conclusion. You’re like a frog, you know. — Kim Harrison

A clipboard and a hard hat could get you just about anywhere. — Kim Harrison

Rose to Rachel: You cry you get angry then you do something about it. — Kim Harrison

Find Eloy. Smack his head into a wall, dance on his guts... I'd get creative. Spontaneous like. — Kim Harrison

Pierce jerked his hand from Trent and pushed himself straight. “Kalamack Industries,” he said, expression twisted as he wiped his hand on his pants. “I knew your father.” “I do not freaking believe this,” I said, shifting to stand where I could see both of them. Al beamed. “Amazing who you can meet in an elevator. — Kim Harrison

See, this was why I liked coffee. You couldn’t screw up making coffee. Even the bad stuff was good. — Kim Harrison

He grinned. “That’s because pixies are ever-after. We’re magic, baby. Just ask Matalina. — Kim Harrison

Ivy turned. 'He bit you on the neck?' she said, deadpan serious but for her eyes. 'Oh, then it's got to be love. She won't let me bite her neck. — Kim Harrison

I smell pancakes," Al said as he jauntily smacked Pierce's hat back on the witch's head. "Did the runt make you breakfast?" Al said, leaning over the stove. "Quickest way to a woman's crotch is through her gullet, eh?" he said, leering at Pierce, who was now rinsing out the percolator. "Is it working? I'd be curious to know. I'd buy her a cake or something. — Kim Harrison

She's not your type. Since when do I have a type? — Kim Harrison

His eyes met mine at the soft touch, and a chime seemed to shake the ley line, realigning the universe. He was mine. — Kim Harrison

I hate it when she tabs a line," Ivy whispered to Kisten in the corner. "You ever see anything freakier than that?" "You should see the face she makes when she—" "Shut up, Kist!" I exclaimed, my eyes flashing open to find him grinning at me. — Kim Harrison

Married pixy, I told myself, forcing my eyes back to the shelf of ceramic animals. Fifty-four kids. Beautiful wife, sweet as sugar, who would kill me in my sleep while apologizing for it. — Kim Harrison

Be reasonable. I know you can be. If you try very, very hard.” - Al to Rachel — Kim Harrison

Keep your vampire mitts off me. I'm not your friggin' blood toy. — Kim Harrison

Hate is all that keeps us alive when love is gone. You’re almost there. Not quite ready to let it go yet. — Kim Harrison

Life Lessons by Kim Harrison

1. Kim Harrison's work emphasizes the importance of staying true to yourself and embracing your identity, no matter how different it may be from the mainstream.
2. She also encourages readers to be brave and take risks in order to achieve their goals, even when the odds may seem insurmountable.
3. Finally, her stories demonstrate the power of friendship and the strength that can be found in community and support.