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Fear makes idiots out of us all, at some time or other.

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Patricia Briggs
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: February 28
Novelist
Writer
Butte
Montana
Idiots
Idiot
Fear
Makes
Time

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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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Taking out werewolves, I gather and surmise, is akin to taking out a SEAL team.
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People will do amazing things to ensure their survival.
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But that was the trouble with ancient artifacts - no one really knew what they did.
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I like what you've done to your face, Ben said, tapping his eye.
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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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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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You are a sick, sick man,” I told him. “Thank you,” Ben replied, looking modest.
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My father said that a silent person is trying to hide something.
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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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Honey, ... When a wolf watches a lamb, he's not thinking about the lamb's mommy.
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Don’t lick the guests, darling. Bad manners.
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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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Civilization is vastly overrated.
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Charles looked at her thoughtfully. People talk to you, he said. That could be useful.
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That’s a pretty lame superhero name,” I told him. “Scooby-Doo is already taken,” he said with dignity. “Anything else sounds lame in comparison.
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Let's save tomorrow's troubles for tomorrow.
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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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There isn’t a person in this city more dangerous than a wolf whose mate is in danger.
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