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You cannot sacrifice the world for your children.
Patricia Briggs
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Patricia Briggs
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: February 28
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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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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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Asil left Bran alone with his thoughts then, because if he stayed, Bran would argue with him. This way, Bran would have no one to argue with but himself. And Asil had always credited Bran with the ability to be persuasive.
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Some people are like Slinkies.They aren't really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to my face when I push them down a flight of stairs.
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When life doesn't meet your expectations, it was important to take it with grace.
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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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Fortunately, he'd found that most people were easy to locate at five thirty in the morning. .
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If you could just see your face,” she told me. “You look like a cat in a bathtub.
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Mercy, he said,in a fair fight between near equals, I'll back you every time. It's the demons, vampires, and river devils I worry about, and I'm working on that.
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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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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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Zealots are like one track-pony. Don't get in their way without expecting to get hurt.
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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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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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Then he'd come back home and found out that war didn't cause fear- love did.
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But that was the trouble with ancient artifacts - no one really knew what they did.
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