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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
Manners
Logic
Running
Truth
Without
Flourishes
Runs

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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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I've been a storyteller all my life. When I was in high school, I used to amuse myself by driving through the woods at night and see how long it would be before I scared the pants off my friends - and if I could do it before I scared myself.
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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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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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If you could just see your face,” she told me. “You look like a cat in a bathtub.
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He left the key in the ignition. No one was likely to come up here and steal the truck- and if anyone did... well, he could deal with Charles
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Even after all this time, I keep forgetting that heroes can be found in unlikely places and persons -- like mechanics who can turn into coyotes.
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Not that I'd really been planning on keeping the attack secret it had just been an option I'd wanted to keep open if I could.
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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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When life doesn't meet your expectations, it was important to take it with grace.
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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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When I write, I get glimpses into future novels.
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She'd never have allowed herself to be held by anything as mundane as a few bars and a reinforced door
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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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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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Never trust a mechanic who drives new cars. They're either charging too much money for their work, or they can't keep an old car running - maybe both.
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Don’t lick the guests, darling. Bad manners.
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To make great art, you had to expose your soul, and some things should be left safely in the dark.
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Wizards are a secretive lot.
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