1) Lesson Number One: Never keep a nervous master vampire waiting. (pg 234 Circus of the Damned)


2) Thou shalt not attack the good guy in his, or her, own home. (pg139 Laughing Corpse)


3) Rule #369 when dealing with unfamiliar magic: when in doubt, leave it alone. (pg52 Laughing Corpse)


4) "People in our line of work don't make good significant others." (stated several times throught the series)


5) "Never admit to murder in from of strangers." (pg136 Killing Dance)


6) Humor crazy people when you're at their mercy. (pg407 Narcissus in Chains)


7) If you keep the gun in your purse, you get killed, because no woman can find anything in her purse in under twelve minutes. (p85 Guilty Pleasures)

8) The only way to kill hesitation is to practice. Violence has to become a part of your thinking. It makes you cautious, suspicious as hell, and lengthens your life expectancy. (p98 Guilty Pleasures)

9) Most people don't fight well after you break their arm at the elbow. (p101 Guilty Pleasures)

10) The philosophy that every person has to save himself first before you can move in and help does not work during a gun battle, or a knife fight either. Outside of that it works jsut fine. (p113 Guilty Pleasures)

11) Remember, no one can make you feel inferior without your consent. --Anita's memory of an Elanore Roosevelt quoate (p162 Guilty Pleasures)

12) Wear black Nikes to murder scenes. (pg 212 Laughing Corpse)

13) "No one bullies me. No one." (pg99 Circus of the Damned)

14) Good guys were self-sacrificing. (pg175 Circus of the Damned)

15) There is no such thing as too many guns, knives, crosses, or men.

16) Loving monsters always ends badly for the human. (pg 328 Circus of the Damned)

17) A: Never look a vampire in the eyes. B: Never take your eyes off the vampire in front of you to glance at the werewolf in back of you. C: Master vampires are not good to be around when they are angry. (pgs 18&19 Lunatic  Cafe)

18) Don't volunteer for slugfests wiht vampires. It shortens your life expectancy. (pg 24 Lunatic Cafe)
A few things Anita can teach us about "life".