Patricia Briggs Quotes - Page 8

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• You are a sick, sick man,” I told him. “Thank you,” Ben replied, looking modest.

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  Men, Sick, Modest

  Patricia Briggs (2010). “Silver Borne”, p.71, 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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• If she kept wondering about how much of her life Bran engineered, she’d end up on a funny farm knitting caps for ducks.

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  Knitting, Ducks, Wonder

  Patricia Briggs (2012). “Fair Game”, p.30, 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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• 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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• If it looks like a hallway, feels like a hallway, and acts like a hallway—is it important to figure out that it isn’t a hallway?

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  Important, Looks, Figures

  Patricia Briggs (2010). “Silver Borne”, p.191, Penguin

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

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  Cities, Danger, Mates

  Patricia Briggs (2012). “Fair Game”, p.155, Penguin

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• I don’t think you’re supposed to be able to get at that information,” said Leslie. “Don’t look,” said Goldstein, peering over Charles’s shoulder. “We don’t know anything about illegal hacking.” He whistled cheerily.

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  Thinking, Looks, Information

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• Pack is for comfort when you hurt, I thought, putting my head back down. And for the first time in a long time, maybe the first time ever, I appreciated being a part of one.

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  Hurt, Long, Comfort

  Patricia Briggs (2010). “Silver Borne”, p.134, Penguin

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• Most of the pack would rather have Darryl mad at them than Auriele.

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  Mad, Packs

  Patricia Briggs (2011). “The Mercy Thompson Collection”, p.1401, Penguin

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• Don’t fuss. I love you just as you are, Mercy. I don’t need to swallow you whole, I don’t need to be in your head at all times. I just need to know that you’re there.

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  Love You, Needs, Mercy

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• I like to have a hero a little underpowered. I mean, Spiderman is far cooler than Superman. How do you challenge Superman?

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  Hero, Writing, Mean

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• I thought you were dead. Stupid. As if I'd die without taking you with me.

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  Stupid, Dies, Ifs

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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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• 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 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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