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People will do amazing things to ensure their survival.
Patricia Briggs
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Patricia Briggs
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: February 28
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You forgot the ‘my precious,’” Anna said dryly. “If you want to act like a freaking nutcase, you have to do it right.
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Anna looked at Brother Wolf. ‘I’d like to see someone try to put a radio control collar on Charles. It might be fun to watch on YouTube.
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Women are the bloodthirsty sex, said Ric sadly. We get the reputation, but it is only because the women stand behind us, and say, Kill it. Squish it.
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A man says a lot of things in summer he doesn't mean in winter.
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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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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.
Patricia Briggs
Sometimes I think I live more closely to the past than the present.
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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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Fear makes idiots out of us all, at some time or other.
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Cheeses crusty, got all musty, got damp on the stone of a peach,” I agreed. He looked blank, so I repeated it with proper emphasis. “ ChEEZ-zes crusty. Got Al -musty. Got DAMp on the StoneofapeaCH.
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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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Then he'd come back home and found out that war didn't cause fear- love did.
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Things change whether you want them to, or not--unless you are dead. Don't hold so hard to the past that you die with it.
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Love thy enemies, it says in the scriptures. My foster mother always added, At the very least, you will be polite to them.
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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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A man who will risk nothing for love is not a man
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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.
Patricia Briggs
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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I don't like it when I outweigh my men.
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Moonlight streamed in, sending loving beams over his face. He closed his eyes and basked in it, and I could tell it was calling to him, even though the moon was not full. She didn't speak to me, but Samuel had once described her song to me in the words of a poet. The expression of bliss on his face while he listened to her music made him beautiful.
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