Patricia Briggs Quotes - Page 5

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• Vampire politics make the very complicated dance of manners that is werewolf protocol look like the Hokey Pokey.

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  Vampire, Looks, Complicated

  Patricia Briggs (2013). “Frost Burned: Mercy Thompson”, p.58, Hachette UK

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• You’re a dead man,” Kyle said. “Warren doesn’t take kindly to people who hurt me.

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  Hurt, Men, People

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• The best way for me to protect you is to encourage you to be able to protect yourself.

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  Way, Able, Protect You

  Patricia Briggs (2009). “Hunting Ground”, p.174, Penguin

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• The cool thing about writing is that there is really never a typical day. Sometimes I get a rhythm going and head off to work every morning and come home at night. Sometimes I'll write for two days straight and then be utterly blank for the next two.

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  Morning, Home, Writing

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• I've been a storyteller all my life. When I was in high school, I used to amuse myself by driving through the woods at night and see how long it would be before I scared the pants off my friends - and if I could do it before I scared myself.

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  School, Night, Long

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• For the traditional fantasies, a lot more of my research comes from reading rather than doing. I like my worlds to feel real, so I do a lot of world building research.

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  Real, Reading, Research

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• When I write, I get glimpses into future novels.

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  Writing, Glimpse, Novel

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• My mother was a children's librarian. I remember when traditional stories were revised for modern audiences until they bore only a nodding acquaintance with the originals, but were released as 'authentic Indian stories' when they were, in fact, nothing of the kind.

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  Mother, Children, Stories

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• The conflict between the creatures of Native Lore and the immigration of the European preternatural hosts is hinted at in 'Blood Bound' and reflects the conflicts between the human immigrants and the Indian people who were already here.

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  Blood, People, Immigration

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• During my last year of college I wrote the same ten pages over and over again. Those ten pages became the first few pages of my first novel. I can still recite the opening paragraph from memory - only now I cringe when I do it because they are - surprise! - a classic example of overwriting, in addition to being a more than a little pretentious.

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  Memories, College, Years

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• The devout belief that the world is explainable is both a terrible vulnerability and a stout shield.

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  World, Shields, Belief

  Patricia Briggs (2007). “Blood Bound”, p.3, Penguin

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• Humans, werewolves, or, apparently, vampire, it doesn't matter; get more than three of them together and the jockeying for power begins.

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  Vampire, Together, Three

  Patricia Briggs (2011). “The Mercy Thompson Collection”, p.151, Penguin

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• Yes,” I told him. “I think the guy playing the Pirate King was awesome.” He stopped where he was. “What?” I asked, frowning at the big smile on his face. “I didn’t say I liked the Pirate King,” he told me. “Oh.” I closed my eyes—and there he was. A warm, edgy presence right on the edge of my perception. When I opened my eyes, he was standing right in front of me. “Cool,” I told him. “You’re back.” He kissed me leisurely. When he was finished, I was more than ready to head home. Fast. “You make me laugh,” he told me seriously.

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  Kings, Home, Eye

  Patricia Briggs (2009). “Bone Crossed”, p.211, Penguin

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• That is the freakiest thing that ever happened to me.” I nodded toward the mess. “And if you knew my life, you’d realize just how freaky that is.

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  Realizing, Freaky, Mess

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• You don’t have the courage of a half-bred mongrel.

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  Half, Alpha And Omega

  Patricia Briggs (2009). “Hunting Ground”, p.58, Penguin

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• She crawled on top of him, naked and warm and soft, smelling like a miracle that had saved him from a lifetime of aloneness.

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  Miracle, Naked, Lifetime

  Patricia Briggs (2012). “Fair Game”, p.138, Penguin

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• Heart turned to me, his face thought­ful. “Yes­ter­day morn­ing. Yes, that means that Daphne hadn’t been home for two days be­fore that.” He smiled at me. “You were sup­posed to be the Al­pha’s eye can­dy.” Adam laughed. “What?” I asked him. “You don’t think I’d be good eye can­dy?” I looked down at my over­alls and grease-​stained hands. I’d torn an­oth­er nail to the quick. “Hon­ey is eye can­dy,” said Ben apolo­get­ical­ly. “You’re . . . just you.” “Mine,” said Adam, edg­ing be­tween Heart and me. “Mine is what she is.

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  Eye, Home, Heart

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• This was not a man who wanted to give up his mate. This was a man trying to do the honorable thing—and give her a choice, no matter hiw much it cost him.

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  Giving Up, Men, Choices

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• Fortunately, he'd found that most people were easy to locate at five thirty in the morning. .

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  Morning, People, Easy

  Patricia Briggs (2008). “Cry Wolf”, p.119, Penguin

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• Reincarnation?” He shrugged. “I’ve never seen any evidence that it’s real. But I’ve never seen anything that disproves it either. I believe the afterlife is better than what we have here—and it would take something extraordinary to make someone willing to come back.

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  Real, Believe, Afterlife

  Patricia Briggs (2009). “Hunting Ground”, p.187, Penguin

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• And thus Charles found himself wandering around a hotel, trailing federal agents as he held a cardboard coffee cup holder in each hand, instead of out killing misbehaving werewolves.

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  Coffee, Hands, Wandering Around

  Patricia Briggs (2012). “Fair Game”, p.37, Penguin

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• Taking out werewolves, I gather and surmise, is akin to taking out a SEAL team.

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  Team, Werewolf, Alpha And Omega

  Patricia Briggs (2012). “Fair Game”, p.62, Penguin

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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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  Lying, Sleep, Doe

  Patricia Briggs (2011). “The Mercy Thompson Collection”, p.32, Penguin

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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."

  Patricia Briggs

  Biblical, Flirting, Long

  "Frost Burned". Book by Patricia Briggs, January 28, 2014.

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• It is the way of mortals. They fling themselves at life and emerge broken.

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  Broken, Way, Alpha And Omega

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