If you're a fan of gritty small-town tales mixed with supernatural twists, chances are you’ve been captivated by Sookie Stackhouse. As the feisty and compassionate telepath from Charlaine Harris’s bestselling series, Sookie delivers plenty of memorable lines that capture her wit, strength, and heart. Dive into this curated collection of the top 97 best Sookie Stackhouse quotes, and relive some of the most unforgettable moments from her story.
1. “Woo woo, secret vampire stuff!” - Charlaine Harris
2. “Vampires should never say Uh-Oh!!” - Charlaine Harris
3. “You are speaking of my future lover. Be more respectful.” - Charlaine Harris
4. “Hey, our hair's the same color," I said, eying us side by side in the mirror."Sure is, girlfriend." Eric grinned at me.” - Charlaine Harris
5. “The last time I wore an animal hide; but this time I settled for this." Eric had been wearing a long trench coat. Now he threw it off dramatically, and I could only stand and stare. Normally, Eric was a blue-jeans-and-T-shirt kind of guy. Tonight, he wore a pink tank top and Lycra leggings[...]They were pink and aqua, like the swirls down the side of Jason's truck.” - Charlaine Harris
6. “you have to play it out sometimes.” - Charlaine Harris
7. “I don't like having feelings," Eric said coldly, and he left.That was a tough exit line to top.” - Charlaine Harris
8. “We could go back," he said. In the dome light of the car, his face looked hard as stone. "We could go back to your house. I can stay with you always. We can know each other's bodies in every way, night after night. I could love you." His nostrils flared, and he looked suddenly proud. "I could work. You would not be poor. I would help you." "Sounds like a marriage," I said, trying to lighten the atmosphere. But my voice was too shaky. "Yes," he said.” - Charlaine Harris
9. “Sweetheart," Bill said formally, "I have always loved you, and I will be proud to die in your service. When I'm gone, say a prayer for me in a real church.” - Charlaine Harris
10. “Niall had been able to mask the odor of fairy from Eric in the restaurant, but I saw from the flare of Eric's nostrils that the intoxicating scent clung to me. Eric's eyes closed in ecstasy, and he actually licked his lips. I felt like a T-bone just out of reach of a hungry dog. "Snap out of it," I said. I wasn't in the mood.With a huge effort, Eric reigned himself in. "When you smell like that," he said, "I just wanna fuck you and bite you and rub myself all over you.” - Charlaine Harris
11. “Sam, há dois anos, não fazia qualquer ideia de como era o mundo há minha volta. Não sabia o que tu eras. Não sabia que existiam fadas a sério. Não poderia ter imaginado nada disso. - Abanei a cabeça. - Que mundo este, Sam. É maravilhoso e assustador. Cada dia é diferente. Nunca pensei que teria uma vida e agora tenho.” - Charlaine Harris
12. “Apparently, once you got used to regular and spectacular sex, your body had a mind of its own (so to speak) when it was deprived of that recreation; to say nothing of missing the hugging and cuddling part.” - Charlaine Harris
13. “Do I look like I have anything ?" I asked him, in a reasonable voice.He looked as unnerved as the nurse had. He said, "Sorry," and backed away. I took a step after him.I screamed, "I HAVE NOTHING!" And then I said, in a perfectly calm voice, "See, I never had anything to start with.” - Charlaine Harris
14. “Though I was having a blissful moment of being happy and content, I had one of those stray ideas you get at odd moments. I thought,How nice it would be if Eric were here with me in the car. He'd look so good with the wind blowing his hair, and he'd enjoy the moment . Well, yeah, before he burned to a crisp.But I realized I'd thought of Eric because it was the kind of day you wanted to share with the person you cared about, the person whose company you enjoyed the most. And that would be Eric as he'd been while he was cursed by a witch: the Eric who hadn't been hardened by centuries of vampire politics, the Eric who had no contempt for humans and their affairs, the Eric who was not in charge of many financial enterprises and responsible for the lives and incomes of quite a few humans and vampires. In other words, Eric as he would never be again.” - Charlaine Harris
15. “Was I just curious about what the agenda might be at a vampire summit? Did I want the attention of more undead members of society? Did I want to be known as a fangbanger, one of those humans who simply adored the walking dead? Did some corner of me long for a chance to be near Bill without seeking him out, still trying to make some emotional senseof his betrayal? Or was this about Eric? Unbeknownst to myself, was I in love with the flamboyant Viking who was so handsome, so good at making love, and so political, all atthe same time?This sounded like a promising set of problems for a soap opera season.” - Charlaine Harris
16. “Life begins at night” - Charlaine Harris
17. “By the way, I haven't heard an 'I'm sorry' from you yet." My sense of grievance had overwhelmed my sense of self-preservation.I am sorry that the maenad picked on you."I glared at him. "Not enough," I said. I was trying hard to hang on to this conversation.Angelic Sookie, vision of love and beauty, I am prostrate that the wicked evil maenad violated your smooth and voluptuous body, in an attempt to deliver a message to me."That's more like it.” - Charlaine Harris
18. “Let go," he advised me, and I loosened my grip on his hands. "No, not of me," he said, smiling. "You can hold on to me as long as you want. Let go of the pain, Sookie. Let go. You need to drift away."It was the first time I had relinquished my will to someone else. As I looked at him, it became easy, and I retreated from the suffering and uncertainty of this strange place.” - Charlaine Harris
19. “Ha," I said. "Oh, ha-ha. Yeah, ’cause they love me. You see how many vampires are up here? Zero, right?"One," said Eric, stepping out of the stairwell.” - Charlaine Harris
20. “We could go back to your house. I can stay with you always. We can know each others bodies in every way, night after night. I could love you. I could work, you would not be poor. I would help you.” - Charlaine Harris
21. “There was enough tension in the room to send a fleet of the nervous running for their tranquilizers.” - Charlaine Harris
22. “Pam. Listen.''The phone is pressed to my ear. Speak.''Appius Livius Ocella just dropped in.''Fuck a zombie!'- Sookie & Pam, Dead in the Family, Charlaine Harris” - Charlaine Harris
23. “The note, which had been written on one of the pads I kept around for grocery lists, said, "My lover, I came in too close to dawn to wake you, though I was tempted. Your house is full of strange men. A fairy upstairs and a little child downstairs- but as long as there's not one in my lady's chamber, I can stand it".” - Charlaine Harris
24. “Can I help you up?”"No,” she said bitterly. “I prefer to drag myself along the hardwood floor.”"Bitch,” I said, squatting to help her up.” - Charlaine Harris
25. “I hurt with you. I bled with you - not only because we're bonded but because of the love I have for you. -- Eric Northman” - Charlaine Harris
26. “This letter is written on the skin of one of the water sprites who drowned your parents.''Ick!' I cried, and dropped the letter on the kitchen table.” - Charlaine Harris
27. “Leave the girl alone, Clete, and let's get back on the road," the tall driver said, and his voice had that "I'm done with you" edge to it. "I don't know who this guy is, but I don't think he changes into a nutria.” - Charlaine Harris
28. “May I search it?" she asked. "We screen for weapons."I stared at her, always a risky thing to do to a vampire. "Of course not. I have no weapons.” - Charlaine Harris
29. “But I couldn’t leave Hunter alone in the house, and I would’ve felt terrible if I’d asked Eric to go out in the woods by himself, even though I knew he wouldn’t think anything about it. In fact, probably he’d have sent Pam.” - Charlaine Harris
30. “Some might think you suicidal.""Well, 'some' can stick it up their ass.” - Charlaine Harris
31. “A year ago,' I said, 'you wouldn’t have asked this of me.''A year ago,' he answered, 'you wouldn’t have hesitated to drink.' I crossed to the desk and tossed it down.” - Charlaine Harris
32. “I'm supposed to be a christian, but most days I don't feel like I can even presume to say that about myself any longer. I have a lot of mad left over. When I can't sleep, I think about the other people who didn't care how much pain and trouble they caused me. And I think about how good I'd feel if they died.” - Charlaine Harris
33. “Eric was holding my hands, and I was digging my nails into him like we were doing something else. He won't mind, I though, as I realized I'd drawn blood. And sure enough, he didn't. "Let go," he advised me, and I loosened my grip on his hands. "No, not of me," he said smiling. "You can hold on to me as long as you want.” - Charlaine Harris
34. “When I thought of the ferocity and strength of the fairy race, and the fact that it took all I had to open the damn blister pack and extricate the water pistols, my chosen method of defense seemed ludicrous. I'd be armed with a plastic water pistol and a trowel.” - Charlaine Harris
35. “Don’t go looking for trouble; it’s already looking for you.” - Charlaine Harris
36. “Dated” in Selah’s book, being a euphemism for “had enthusiastic and frequent sex with”.” - Charlaine Harris
37. “Anyone got X-ray visión?I asked, trying to smile.Where is Superman when you need him?” - Charlaine Harris
38. “The sweetest part of being a couple is sharing your life with someone else.But my life, evidently, had not been good enough to share.” - Charlaine Harris
39. “I have a big hole in my heart," I said. "But it'll close over."I don't want to sound all Dr. Phil," she said. "But don't let the scab seal the pain in, okay?"That's good advice," I said. "I hope I can manage it.” - Charlaine Harris
40. “If this was The Lord of the Rings and I had a smart British voice like Cate Blanchett, I could tell you the background of the events of that fall in a really suspenseful way. And you’d be straining to hear the rest.” - Charlaine Harris
41. “I thought about making biscuits, but there seemed to be more than enough calories on board.” - Charlaine Harris
42. “I could add her to the long list of people I didn't understand.” - Charlaine Harris
43. “The security light made me feel safe, though I knew that was an illusion. If there's light, you can just see what's coming for you a little more clearly.” - Charlaine Harris
44. “Glass shattered, vampires roared, humans screamed. The noise battered at me, just as the tidal wave of scores of brains at high gear washed over me. When it began to taper off, I looked up into Eric's eyes. Incredibly, he was excited. He smiled at me. "I knew I'd get on top of you somehow," he said.Are you trying to make me mad so I'll forget how scared I am?"No, I'm just opportunistic."I wiggled, trying to get out from under him, and he said, "Oh, do that again. It felt great.” - Charlaine Harris
45. “Don’t you just hate nights like that, when you think over every mistake you’ve made, every hurt you’ve received, every bit of meanness you’ve dealt out? There’s no profit in it, no point to it, and you need sleep.” - Charlaine Harris
46. “Darling, you can nail my ass anytime,” he said charmingly, and turned to go back to his table.” - Harris Charlaine
47. “You never told me all this before," I said, by way of explanation. "You all have dividedup America into kingdoms, is that right?” - Charlaine Harris
48. “I realized that I was really tired of people popping on and off of my property like it was a train station on the supernatural railroad.” - Charlaine Harris
49. “He picked some unwise words. Saying, “I’ll enjoy killing you for my lord”, is just not the way to make my acquaintance.” - Charlaine Harris
50. “Once again, I had that feeling of drowning when I hadn’t even known I was in the pool” - Charlaine Harris
51. “And since I’m going to be in the neighborhood, you thought I might do as an escort? To an orgy?” - Charlaine Harris
52. “Sookie: Hey, our hair's the same color.Eric: Sure is, Girlfriend.” - Charlaine Harris
53. “They say there's no harm in daydreaming, but there is.” - Charlaine Harris
54. “I was surprised to find out there was a direct line from my palm to my, my, hootchie.” - Charlaine Harris
55. “You've reached Fantasia, where the undead live again every night," "For bar hours, press one. To make a party reservation, press two. To talk to alive person or a dead vampire, press three. Or, if you were intending to leave a humorous prank message on our answering machine, know this: we will find you.” - Charlaine Harris
56. “Fangtasia, where all your bloody dreams come true,' said a bored female voice.'Pam. Listen.''The phone is pressed to my ear. Speak.''Appius Livius Ocella just dropped in.''Fuck a zombie!” - Charlaine Harris
57. “How is Eric?''Very tightly wound. Plus, a lot of stuff happened that he'll tell you about.''Thanks for the warning. I'll go to the house now. You're my favorite breather.''Oh. Well ... great.'She hung up.” - Charlaine Harris
58. “We want to climb in with you,' Dermot said. 'We'll all sleep better.'That seemed incredibly weird and creepy to me - or maybe I only thought it should have. I was simply too tired to argue. I climbed in the bed. Claude got in on one side of me, Dermot on the other. Just when I was thinking, I would never be able to sleep, that this situation was too odd and too wrong, I felt a kind of blissful relaxation roll through my body, a kind of unfamiliar comfort. I was with family. I was with blood.And I slept.” - Charlaine Harris
59. “I hate witches. Humans had the right idea, burning them at the stake.” - Charlaine Harris
60. “As I climbed up into the high old bed, the large fly in my personal ointment did the same. Had I actually told him he could get in bed with me? Well, I decided, as I wriggled down under the soft old sheets and the blanket and the comforter, if Eric had designs on me, I was just too tired to care."Woman?""Hmmm?""What's your name?""Sookie. Sookie Stackhouse.""Thank you, Sookie.""Welcome, Eric.” - Charlaine Harris
61. “Because he sounded so lost-the Eric I knew had never been one to do anything other than assume others should serve him-I patted around under the covers for his hand. When I found it, I slid my own over it. His palm was turned up to meet my palm, and his fingers clasped mine. And though I would not have thought it possible to go to sleep holding hands with a vampire, that's exactly what I did.” - Charlaine Harris
62. “You'll have to ask Bill that, Sookie. And this is the only reason we're going? You're not cleverly usingthis as an excuse to make out with me?""I'm not that clever, Eric.""I think you deceive yourself, Sookie," Eric said with a brilliant smile.” - Charlaine Harris
63. “Wow," I said, since it was all I could think of to say. "Wow. That's some outfit." When you've got a big guy wearing Lycra it doesn't leave a whole lot to the imagination. I resisted the temptation to ask Eric to turn around."I don't believe I could be convincing as a queen," Eric said, "but I decided this sent such a mixed signal, almost anything was possible." He fluttered his eyelashes at me. Eric was definitely enjoying this."Oh, yes," I said, trying to find somewhere else to look. (Living Dead in Dallas)” - Charlaine Harris
64. “I did what I have been told to do by my queen. In so doing, I fell into a trap I couldn't escape. I still can't.""The trap of LUUUUVVVV, I thought sarcastically. But he was too serious, too calm, to mock.” - Charlaine Harris
65. “Angelic Sookie, vision of love and beauty, I am prostrate that the wicked evil maenad violated your smooth and voluptuous body, in an attempt to deliver a message to me. -Eric” - Charlaine Harris
66. “I didn't know what to think about first: me seeing Claude naked, Claude seeing me naked, or the whole fact that we were related and naked in the same room.(Sookie Stackhouse, Dead in the Family)” - Charlaine Harris
67. “Are you a prude?' He seemed genuinely curious.'No!' But after a second, I said, 'But may be compared to you, yes! I like my privacy. I get to decide who sees me naked. Do you get my point?''Yes. Objectively speaking, you have beautiful points.'I thought the top of my head would pop off...(Sookie Stackhouse & Claude, Dead in the Family)” - Charlaine Harris
68. “Everyone thinks I'm crazy, you know, because I can't tell them the truth; which is, that I'm driven crazy by all these thoughts, all these heads.” - Charlaine Harris
69. “For awhile I taped soap operas and watched them at night when I thought I might be forgetting what it was like to be human. After a while I stopped, because from the examples I saw on those shows, forgetting humanity was a good thing.” - Charlaine Harris
70. “Bubba made a sound of disapproval "You're not supposed to be kissing on anybody else, Miss Sookie" he said "Bill said it was okay, but I don't like it.” - Charlaine Harris
71. “Sometimes you just have to regret things and move on.” - Charlaine Harris
72. “Oh, God, puppy dog eyes. From a six-foot-five ancient Viking vampire.” - Charlaine Harris
73. “So, what, you just decided to sack out here and seduce me when I walked in the door? Home from spending the night at my boyfriend's? After having sex with him that could go in the Guinness Book of Records?” - Charlaine Harris
74. “Oklahoma is very beautiful, and Eric loves beauty, but he already has that in you.” - Charlaine Harris
75. “I love you,” Bill said helplessly, as if he wished those magic words would heal me. But he knew they wouldn’t.“That’s what you all keep saying,” I answered. “But it doesn’t seem to get me any happier.” - Charlaine Harris
76. “When I thought of Eric with someone else, I wanted to rip out all his beautiful blonde hair. By the roots. In clumps.” - Charlaine Harris
77. “But in my book, it was basically bad taste to stare at someone's assets, no matter how much on display they were.” - Charlaine Harris
78. “Lily might be icy on the outside, but inside she was Vesuvius.” - Charlaine Harris
79. “No, I like you alive and warm and wiggling.” - Charlaine Harris
80. “There was nothing civilized about sex with Eric.” - Charlaine Harris
81. “Alcide: "It's on my right butt cheek. It's shaped like a rabbit."Sookie: "I love bunnies!” - Charlaine Harris
82. “[Eric:] "I'm hoping that the more you see me, the more I'll grow on you."[Sookie:] "Like a fungus?” - Charlaine Harris
83. “It's hard not to respond when a master of the art of kissing is laying one on you.” - Charlaine Harris
84. “Sookie: "Eric, when I'm back to being myself, I'm going to nail your ass for putting me in this position of being pledged to you." Eric: Darling, you can nail my ass anytime," he said charmingly, and turned to go back to his table. Pam rolled her eyes. "You two," she said. "Hey this isn't any of my doing," I said, which wasn't entirely true. But it was a good exit line, and I took advantage of it to leave the bar.” - Charlaine Harris
85. “Well in two months, it'd be sunbathing time. That made me smile. I enjoyed lying in the sun in a little bikini, timing myself carefully so I didn't burn. I loved the smell of coconut oil. And I don't want to hear any lectures about how bad tanning is for you. That's my vice. Everybody gets one.” - Charlaine Harris
86. “It was somehow degrading, craving someone so... voraciously - another good calendar word - just because he was physically beautiful. I hadn't thought that was something women did, either.” - Charlaine Harris
87. “Better to be screwed physically than financially.” - Charlaine Harris
88. “I had never realized a woman could have to struggle to keep her hands off a man, but here I was, digging my nails into my palms, staring at the inside of my eyelids as though I could maybe see through them if I peered hard enough.” - Charlaine Harris
89. “How grateful are you?" he whispered, his mouth hovering over mine. His eyes were very alert now, and his gaze was boring into mine."That kind of ruins it, when you say something like that," I said, trying to keep my voice gentle. "You shouldn't want me to have sex with you just because I owe you.""I don't really care why you have sex with me, as long as you do it," he said, equally gently.” - Charlaine Harris
90. “I don't think any woman minds knowing she looks good, as long as the admiration isn't expressed in an offensive way and doesn't come from a disgusting source.” - Charlaine Harris
91. “You're lips are bloody.' He seized my face in both hands and kissed me. It's hard not to respond when a master of the art of kissing is laying one on you.” - Charlaine Harris
92. “Vampires, bringing America together!” - Charlaine Harris
93. “I didn't see what was in front of me until I thought it might be taken away. - Sam” - Charlaine Harris
94. “I'd long wondered if I were really a civilized person, though I kept striving to be one. I knew that at the moment I'd said I would take care of Lorena myself, I had meant it. There was something pretty savage inside me, and I'd always controlled it. My grandmother had not raised me to be a murderess.” - Charlaine Harris
95. “I'm a Waitress.” - Charlaine Harris
96. “In fact," Eric said, as he went to the front door, "I'd throw it away entirely. Maybe burn it."He left, closing the door behind him very quietly.I knew, as sure as I knew my name, that tomorrow he would send me another coat, in a big fancy box, with a big bow on it. It would be the right size, it would be a top brand, and it would be warm.It was cranberry red, with a removable liner, a detachable hood and tortoiseshell buttons.” - Charlaine Harris
97. “But there was something in the air, a watchfulness laced with a charge of malice. The eyes observing us were invisible, but were observing us, nonetheless.” - Charlaine Harris
