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Knowledge is a better weapon than a sword.

Patricia Briggs

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Patricia Briggs
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: February 28
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I liked Lost in Space,” Stefan said. “The movie or the TV series?” “The movie? Right. I had forgotten about the movie,” he said soberly. “It was better that way.
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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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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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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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Warren made a noise, the first one I'd heard out of him since we'd come into the room. I'd have been happier if he hadn't sounded scared. Easy, Warren, Adam told him. You're safe here.” If you die on us, you won't be, said Kyle with a growl that would have done credit to any of the werewolves in the room.
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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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Knowing someone desires you is the greatest aphrodisiac
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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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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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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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I am the reality of all coyotes. The archetype. The epitome. You are just a reflection of me.
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You'd tell the world what your best friend wore to sleep if you thought it made a good enough story.
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A man learns with age, if he is lucky.
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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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Fortunately, he'd found that most people were easy to locate at five thirty in the morning. .
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One of the oddest things about being grown-up was looking back at something you thought you knew and finding out the truth of it was completely different from what you had always believed. (Bone Crossed)
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When I put magic into a book - whether it's a wizard or a crusty old werewolf - I'm asking a reader to swallow a huge leap that is counter to everything he or she knows. An extra big helping of reality makes that leap go down a lot easier.
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My will broke at the sound of his voice, and my head turned with as much inevitability as a sunflower turning its face to the sun.
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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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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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