Patricia Briggs Quotes - Page 7

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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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• 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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• 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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• Charles was most comfortable by himself or, if that wasn't possible, with his pack in the wild. Talking for hours in a crowded auditorium was not on any list of things he enjoyed—or things he was good at. At least no one had died. Yet.

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  Talking, Lists, Public Speaking

  Patricia Briggs (2009). “Hunting Ground”, p.124, Penguin

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• New rules. If you are smart enough to live, you won’t hit Charles’s mate in front of his father.

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  Father, Smart, Enough

  Patricia Briggs (2008). “Cry Wolf”, p.12, Penguin

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• Ben rubbed his muzzle over Kyle’s shoulder in a way that I think was supposed to be reassuring. Kyle sucked in a breath. Either it hurt, or the reminder that the werewolf was big enough to rub his shoulder without much effort wasn’t exactly reassuring. “Ben, when was the last time you brushed your teeth?” asked Kyle. Or else Ben’s breath was really bad.

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  Hurt, Thinking, Effort

  Patricia Briggs (2013). “Frost Burned: Mercy Thompson”, p.90, Hachette UK

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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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  Biblical, Flirting, Long

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

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• In this dream, I wasn’t a coyote shapeshifter trying to hold a werewolf, I was Coyote’s almost daughter, and I had all the strength of the world in my arms.

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  Daughter, Dream, Trying

  Patricia Briggs (2013). “Frost Burned: Mercy Thompson”, p.95, Hachette UK

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• Werewolf games,' Mercy said solemnly, 'play for keeps, or go home.' She was so cute sometimes it made Adam's heart hurt.

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  Cute, Hurt, Home

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• She understood his passion because she felt the same way: as if nothing was more important than the touch of her skin to his, as if she'd die if he left her.

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  Passion, Important, Skins

  Patricia Briggs (2008). “Cry Wolf”, p.115, Penguin

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• Then he'd come back home and found out that war didn't cause fear- love did.

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  War, Home, Causes

  Patricia Briggs (2013). “Frost Burned: Mercy Thompson”, p.118, Hachette UK

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

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  Writing, Glimpse, Novel

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• I was talking cannibalism, not romance.

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  Talking, Romance, Cannibalism

  Patricia Briggs (2007). “Blood Bound”, p.60, Penguin

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