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Some truths are truths, no matter who says them.

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Patricia Briggs
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: February 28
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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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Is it like a Harry Potter thing? He turned his head then. A what? A Harry Potter thing, she said again. You know, don't say Voldemort's name because you might attract his attention? He considered it. You mean the children's book. I have got to get you to watch more movies, she said. You'd enjoy these. Yes, I mean the childr
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Let's save tomorrow's troubles for tomorrow.
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Knowing someone desires you is the greatest aphrodisiac
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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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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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Charles looked at her thoughtfully. People talk to you, he said. That could be useful.
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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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Some people are boys longer than others.
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Wizards are a secretive lot.
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Coffee or orange juice?” “Water is fine.” His eyebrows went up. “Uh-oh,” Auriele said, but she was smiling. Darryl was not. “Are you implying that my coffee is not the best in four counties? Or my fresh-squeezed orange juice is less than perfect?
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Nothing says you're sorry like a dead bunny.
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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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Yes,' he said sincerely. 'Such a one deserves peanut butter on the seat of his pants.
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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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Just as I’ve always known there are monsters in the world, monsters and things even more evil, I’ve always known that it is God who keeps evil at bay.
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I like what you've done to your face, Ben said, tapping his eye.
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Anna followed, keeping a sharp eye out for things he might back into or over. She wondered if Isaac did this all the time-and, if so, how he avoided getting photos in the paper with captions like Local Alpha Trips Over Child or Wolf Versus Street Sign, Street Sign Wins.
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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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