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MS. THOMPSON, it said in heavy block letters, PLEASE KEEP YOUR FELINE OFF MY PROPERTY. IF I SEE IT AGAIN, I WILL EAT IT.

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Block, Letters, Heavy

Patricia Briggs (2011). “The Mercy Thompson Collection”, p.23, Penguin

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I'm not threatening to kill myself. But you need to know this about me because—if you want to be my mate—I won't be like Leo. I won't let you sleep around with anyone else. I won't be forced either. I've had enough. If that makes me a dog in the manger, so be it. But if I am yours, then you damned well are going to be mine." - Anna to Charles

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Dog, Sleep, Needs

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Some truths are truths, no matter who says them.

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Matter

Patricia Briggs (2005). “Raven's Strike”, p.271, Penguin

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Even after all this time, I keep forgetting that heroes can be found in unlikely places and persons -- like mechanics who can turn into coyotes.

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Hero, Coyotes, Forget

Patricia Briggs (2011). “The Mercy Thompson Collection”, p.436, Penguin

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A dominant wolf's desire to protect was a strong instinct- Samuel was very dominant. Give him an inch, and he's take over the world- my life, if I let him. Mercy

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Strong, Giving, Desire

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When I die of heart failure the next time you frighten me like that, you can put that on my gravestone —‘I didn’t mean to startle her

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Heart, Mean, Next

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Mercy," he said,"in a fair fight between near equals, I'll back you every time. It's the demons, vampires, and river devils I worry about, and I'm working on that.

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Fighting, Rivers, Worry

Patricia Briggs (2011). “River Marked”, p.149, Penguin

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Women are the bloodthirsty sex," said Ric sadly. "We get the reputation, but it is only because the women stand behind us, and say, Kill it. Squish it.

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Sex, Women, Reputation

Patricia Briggs (2009). “Hunting Ground”, p.130, Penguin

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You forgot the ‘my precious,’” Anna said dryly. “If you want to act like a freaking nutcase, you have to do it right.

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Want, Anna, Said

Patricia Briggs (2012). “Fair Game”, p.89, Penguin

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Much awkwardness ensued.

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Awkwardness

Patricia Briggs (2009). “Bone Crossed”, p.56, Penguin

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The main thing to remember is that making love is at onces the silliest and the most sacred act humans can perform.

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Sex, Love Is, Making Love

Patricia Briggs (2002). “Dragon Blood”, p.250, Penguin

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He'd woken up after flying from Boston to Montana to find his da cooking breakfast for them: sausage and pancakes shaped like deer. It wasn't just any deer, either - they looked like Bambi from the disney cartoon. Charles didn't want to know how his father had managed that

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Father, Boston, Flying

Patricia Briggs (2012). “Fair Game”, p.184, Penguin

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Why is it that all cars are women? Because they're fussy and demanding.

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Car, Fussy

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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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Jobs, Women, Car

Patricia Briggs (2010). “Silver Borne”, p.53, Penguin

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I don't like it when I outweigh my men.

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Women, Men

Patricia Briggs (2011). “The Mercy Thompson Collection”, p.116, Penguin

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She wondered that hope was so much harder then despair.

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Depression, Despair, Harder

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It's easier to dismiss ghosts in the daylight.

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Daylight, Ghost, Easier

Patricia Briggs (2002). “Dragon Bones”, p.125, Penguin

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I was in the middle of a dream about garbage cans and frogs - don't ask, and I won't tell.

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Dream, Garbage Cans, Frogs

Patricia Briggs (2009). “Bone Crossed”, p.137, Penguin

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Cheeses crusty, got all musty, got damp on the stone of a peach,” I agreed. He looked blank, so I repeated it with proper emphasis. “ ChEEZ-zes crusty. Got Al -musty. Got DAMp on the StoneofapeaCH.

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Peaches, Stones, Als

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Zee said, grumpily, “Liebling, this is not a good idea.” “Zee,” I told him, “I am completely out of good ideas and am doing my best with the bad ones I have left.

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Ideas, Said, Good Ideas

Patricia Briggs (2013). “Frost Burned: Mercy Thompson”, p.61, Hachette UK

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Some people are boys longer than others.

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Boys, Men, People

Patricia Briggs (2011). “The Mercy Thompson Collection”, p.813, Penguin

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C’est moi, c’est moi,’tis I,' I told him. It seemed appropriately melodramatic, though I didn’t know if he’d catch the reference. I shouldn’t have worried. Unexpectedly, he laughed. “Trust you to quote Lancelot rather than Guinevere.

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Worried, Guinevere, Lancelot

Patricia Briggs (2011). “The Mercy Thompson Collection”, p.201, Penguin

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Truth is without flourishes or manners and runs with a logic all its own.

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Running, Logic, Truth Is

Patricia Briggs (2011). “The Mercy Thompson Collection”, p.1196, Penguin

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I am not attempting to preserve culture, or record actual events or stories. Instead I bow my head in gratitude to those storytellers who have gone before and paved a way for me play in their stomping grounds. Doubtless those who want to be offended, will - allowing me to make them happy, too, which pleases me as much as it pleases them.

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Gratitude, Please Me, Play

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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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Doors, Bars, Mundane

Patricia Briggs (2008). “Cry Wolf”, p.15, Penguin

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