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A man learns with age, if he is lucky.

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Patricia Briggs
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: February 28
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Fear makes idiots out of us all, at some time or other.
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Do they always flirt with biblical quotes? Asil asked Tad. In long-suffering tones, Tad said, They can flirt with the periodic table or a restaurant menu. We've learned to live with it. Get a room you guys.
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Nothing says you're sorry like a dead bunny.
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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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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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When I die of heart failure the next time you frighten me like that, you can put that on my gravestone —‘I didn’t mean to startle her
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Read good books. Read bad books - and figure out why you don't like them. Then don't do it when you write. If you are a science fiction or fantasy writer, going to conventions and attending panels is very useful.
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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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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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Taking out werewolves, I gather and surmise, is akin to taking out a SEAL team.
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She wondered that hope was so much harder then despair.
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Adam didn't approve of Wal-Mart.
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He didn't say anything more, just waited for me to tell him what I'd been thinking. It was pure speculation, and I was opening myself up to ridicule by saying anything at all. I sat on the stool and realized that I had my loyalties, too.
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I thought you were dead. Stupid. As if I'd die without taking you with me.
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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 don't get mad, I get even.
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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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Usually the people I do know are sufficient to spawn any number of nightmares without inventing any.
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I would slay dragons for you,” he told her. “I suspect that finding an unoccupied bedroom will be easier.
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Wizards are a secretive lot.
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