“Not dating is a choice, not a failure.”

“Should I eat first or accuse the Master of the City of murder? Choices, choices. -Anita”

“Sticks and stones will break your bones, but failure will get you killed.”

“I know who and what I am. I am the Executioner, and I don't date vampires. I kill them.”

“If you have a choice between extra makeup or extra weapons always take the weapons. Just the fact that you're debating between those two choices proves that you're going to need the weapons more.”

“I, Anita Blake, scourge of the undead-the human with more vampire kills than any other vampire executioner in the country-was dating a vampire. It was poetically ironic.”

“I'm dating three men, living with two more, and having occasional sex with two others. That's seven men. I'm like a pornographic Snow White. I think seven is plenty.”