L.J. Smith
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Biography
John Smith III, commonly known as L. J., which stands for "Little John", is an American former professional football player who played tight end in the National Football League (NFL).
"You don't love a girl because of beauty. You love her because she sings a song only you can understand."
"I told you. You don't love someone because of their looks or their clothes or their car. You love them because they sing a song only your heart can understand."
"Why do people always assume that volume will succeed when logic won’t? - Damon"
"Mary-Lynnette: "You have not read 'Pride and Prejudice'."Ash: "Why not?"Mary-Lynnette: "Because Jane Austen was a human."Ash: "How do you know?"Mary-Lynnette: "Well Jane Austen was a woman, and you're a chauvinist pig."Ash: "Yes, well, that I can't argue."
"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."
"Yeah, tell me I’m a bottle of single malt scotch, she thought. That’s the way to my heart."
"People Die...Beauty Fades...Love Changes...And You Will Always Be Alone"
"I want him to love me as much as I love him."
"And just then Damon stepped out of the coat closet, and at the same time Aunt Maggie tripped him neatly and said, “Bathroom door beside you,” and picked up a vase and hit the rising Damon over the head with it. Hard."
"Maybe it just means that love can be stronger than fear."
"I'm as cruel as life. As cruel as love."
"Bonnie, believe in me. I’ll save you.I remember how to fly."
"And Meredith and Bonnie, who's going to bend some spoons for us next. I'm going to throw you down a rope… that is, unless Bonnie can levitate you out."
"There is nothing frightening in the dark if you just face it."
"And to see the white flash of Klaus's eyes as he whirled on her. For one stunned instant she stared at him, and then lightning crackled.From an empty sky."
"The image isn't reality. Even though we're used to thinking that way alot of the time. We show a kid a picture of a dog and say 'This is a doggie' - but it's not. It's just an image."
"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."
"More than anything."Rob persisted. "You'd crawl on your belly over broken glass for her. Easy."
"Wait.” Stefan’s voice was hard suddenly. Bonnie and Elena turned back and froze, embracing each other, trembling. “What is your—your father—going to do to you when he finds out that you allowed this?”"He will not kill me,” Sage said brusquely, the wild tone back in his voice. “He may even find it as amusant as I do, and we will be sharing a belly laugh tomorrow."
"That was courage, Keller thought. Not doing something without being afraid, but doing something even though you were afraid."
"Oh yeah? How about M'Lin the cursed?"
"When you lose someone, it stays with you. Always reminding you of how easy it is to get hurt."
"Don't you just hate that, you meet a girl she seems pretty nice, you tell all your friends and before you know it she turns out to be a vampire, don't you just hate it when that happens?"
"Dismissed like a dog. Damon groped for his jacket behind him, found it, and wished that his groping for his sense of humor could be as successful. The faces around him were all the same. They could have been carved in stone.But not stone as hard as that that was coming together again around his soul. That rock was remarkably quick to mend—and an extra layer was added, like the layering of a pearl, but not covering anything nearly so pretty."
"Tell Hugh," she whispered.Tell Hugh your freaking self! He's right here! And you're not going anywhere."