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Truth is without flourishes or manners and runs with a logic all its own.

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Patricia Briggs
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: February 28
Novelist
Writer
Butte
Montana
Runs
Manners
Logic
Running
Truth
Without
Flourishes

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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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He was obviously dead. But since he was a vampire that wasn't as hopless a thing as it might have been.
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Why is it that all cars are women? Because they're fussy and demanding.
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For the traditional fantasies, a lot more of my research comes from reading rather than doing. I like my worlds to feel real, so I do a lot of world building research.
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It was complicated. I understood it, mostly, but I had to think a little sideways to do it.
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It is the way of mortals. They fling themselves at life and emerge broken.
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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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It is not wise to give something old and powerful something they care about. And I am very old.
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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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Knowledge is a better weapon than a sword.
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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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I could hear him laughing. Son of a bit*h. I would kill him. I didn't care if he was coyote or the son of Satan.He was a dead man walking.
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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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Survivors can't always choose their methods.
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His grandfather had often told him that he tried too hard to move trees when a wiser man would walk around them.
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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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There is no cash in battling evil: just the opposite in my experience
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Yes, well, said his da with a hint of a grow that told him just how worried Bran had been about him, that'll teach you to dodge a bit quicker next time. Sorry, he apologized meekly as he sat in the passenger seat. Good, said Bran, shutting the door gently. Don't let it happen again. -Bran and Charles
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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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A man's immortality can be found in his children.
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