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He was obviously dead. But since he was a vampire that wasn't as hopless a thing as it might have been.
Patricia Briggs
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Patricia Briggs
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: February 28
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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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His voice was soft and sweet as molasses but my mother once told me that you had to trust that the first thing out of a person's mouth was truth. After they have a chance to think about it, they'll change what they say to be more socially acceptable, something they think you'll be happier with, something that will get the results they want.
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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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Don't make light of any man's pain.
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You are a sick, sick man,” I told him. “Thank you,” Ben replied, looking modest.
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Being a martyr is highly overrated.
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My will broke at the sound of his voice, and my head turned with as much inevitability as a sunflower turning its face to the sun.
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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 to have a hero a little underpowered. I mean, Spiderman is far cooler than Superman. How do you challenge Superman?
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Don’t lick the guests, darling. Bad manners.
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Yes,' he said sincerely. 'Such a one deserves peanut butter on the seat of his pants.
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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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I suppose we must work on being gracious and grateful until we can do for ourselves. Someday the wheel of fate will put us in a position to be of use to them, and we will remember how much easier it is to give help than it is to accept it.
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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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I don't get mad, I get even.
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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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