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Why is it that all cars are women? Because they're fussy and demanding.

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Patricia Briggs
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: February 28
Novelist
Writer
Butte
Montana
Demanding
Cars
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Women
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The Elders were closer to the Maker of All Things and should be deferred to whenever they made their will known.
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Take a note: it usually works better if you wait until I do something stupid before getting mad at me.
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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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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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Paranoia: the gift of the survivor and the burden of the overtired, stressed, and terrified.
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Honey, ... When a wolf watches a lamb, he's not thinking about the lamb's mommy.
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Charles looked at her thoughtfully. People talk to you, he said. That could be useful.
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Stefan: Indian with a dot, not a feather.
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Don’t lick the guests, darling. Bad manners.
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