Patricia Briggs Quotes

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Love thy enemies, it says in the scriptures. My foster mother always added, "At the very least, you will be polite to them.

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If you could just see your face, she told me. You look like a cat in a bathtub.

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There isn't a person in this city more dangerous than a wolf whose mate is in danger.

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Anna looked at Brother Wolf. 'I'd like to see someone try to put a radio control collar on Charles. It might be fun to watch on YouTube.

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She'd never have allowed herself to be held by anything as mundane as a few bars and a reinforced door

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It was Adam, but he was too late. He couldn't love me anymore. He would be so angry with me. I had to hide. He didn't love me so he might hurt me when he was angry. When he calmed down, that would hurt him. I didn't want him hurting because of me. There was nowhere for a person to hide. So I wouldn't be a person. My eyes fell on the shelves that lined the far back corner. A coyote could hide there.

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See you tomorrow, he said, instead. All right. Then, impulsively, I asked, Do you have a place to sleep tonight? Sure, he said with a smile, and started off as if he had somewhere to be. I could have bitten off my tongue because I pushed him into a lie. Once he started lying to me, it would be harder to get him to trust me with the truth. I don't know why it works that way, but it does—at least in my experience.

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I was going to have to come up with a rank for myself besides Alpha's mate. In the pack, I was just Mercy- but if ten more people called me the Alpha's mate, I was going to hit someone. It sounded like a chess move.

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Asil left Bran alone with his thoughts then, because if he stayed, Bran would argue with him. This way, Bran would have no one to argue with but himself. And Asil had always credited Bran with the ability to be persuasive.

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Yes, well," said his da with a hint of a grow that told him just how worried Bran had been about him, "that'll teach you to dodge a bit quicker next time." "Sorry," he apologized meekly as he sat in the passenger seat. "Good," said Bran, shutting the door gently. "Don't let it happen again." -Bran and Charles

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He was obviously dead. But since he was a vampire that wasn't as hopless a thing as it might have been.

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If creation was given no limit, ultimately everything would cease to exist.

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Take a note: it usually works better if you wait until I do something stupid before getting mad at me.

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Mmm, he rumbled into my ear. I thought that being married meant that I never go to bed hungry.

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Do they always flirt with biblical quotes?" Asil asked Tad. In long-suffering tones, Tad said, "They can flirt with the periodic table or a restaurant menu. We've learned to live with it. Get a room you guys.

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Mine" he said. Adam's eyes narrowed. "I don't think so. She is mine." It would of been flattering, I thought, except that at least one of them was talking about dinner and I wasn't certain about the other.

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I liked Lost in Space, Stefan said. The movie or the TV series? The movie? Right. I had forgotten about the movie, he said soberly. It was better that way.

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People who know other people's secrets can't afford to do things that impair their ability to control their mouths.

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There are big bad wolves all over the world who tremble at the sound of his name, yet a little puny coyote girl peanut-buttered the seat of Bran Cornick's car because he told her that she should wear a dress to perform for the pack.

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Apparently deciding Charles's brief introduction wasn't good enough, his brother reintroduced himself. Dr. Samuel Cornick, elder brother and tormentor. Very nice to meet you, Anna—

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Why is it that all cars are women?" he asked. "Because they're fussy and demanding," answered Zee. "Because if they were men, they'd sit around and complain instead of getting the job done," I told him.

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I think I'll just go take a shower, I said. It wasn't until Samuel stiffened that I remembered I'd just come out of the shower. So much for playing normal.

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He stopped what he was doing and pulled out his magic phone. Okay, the phone wasn't magic, but it does things my computer struggles with.

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A cowboy, a lawyer, and a mechanic watched Queen of the Damned, I murmured. Warren—who had once, a long time ago, been a cowboy—snickered and wiggled his bare feet. It could be the beginning of either a bad joke or a horror story. No, said Kyle, the lawyer, whose head was propped up on my thigh. If you want a horror story, you have to start out with a werewolf, his gorgeous lover, and a walker.

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We'd spent years as adversaries, two predators sharing territory and a certain, unwelcome attraction. Somehow, during all those years I spent outwardly acquiescing to his demands while making sure I held my own, I'd won his respect. I'd had werewolves love me and hate me, but I'd never had one respect me before. Not even Samuel. Adam respected me enough to act on my suspicions. It meant a lot.

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