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A man says a lot of things in summer he doesn't mean in winter.
Patricia Briggs
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Patricia Briggs
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: February 28
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Zealots are like one track-pony. Don't get in their way without expecting to get hurt.
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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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Your woman tells me you will hunt me down and eat my marrow while I live. Did she? Charles looked at her, and she saw the approval in his face. She doubted anyone else would have read anything at all. His voice was a caress, just for her. Would you like that, love?
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Being a martyr is highly overrated.
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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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Civilization is vastly overrated.
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I think that I can count on the fingers of one hand the times you've actually said the word ‘women' and not replaced it with an epithet referring to female genitalia. Hey, he's not that bad, Warren said. Sometimes he calls them cows or whores.
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Never accept the blame for what evil people do. We are all responsible for our own actions. She was lecturing him, so she stopped. Sorry. Hang around with Bran too long, and see if you don’t start passing around the Marrok’s advice as if he were Confucius.
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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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It is the way of mortals. They fling themselves at life and emerge broken.
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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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She was on the far side, leaving two cold feet of mattress between them. He knew that she'd fall asleep like that... and then gradually move over until she was plastered against him. Then he could go to sleep, too.
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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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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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The Elders were closer to the Maker of All Things and should be deferred to whenever they made their will known.
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Leslie had learned two valuable things about the fae that day. They were powerful and charming -- and they ate children and puppies.
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It is hard to accept being different, hard to have people avoid looking at you, and still believe in yourself.
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It is not wise to give something old and powerful something they care about. And I am very old.
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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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You’re a dead man,” Kyle said. “Warren doesn’t take kindly to people who hurt me.
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