Quotes from Patricia Briggs

I am yours," he said, a finger under her chin dislodging her claim. "And you"— he moved his hands under her shoulders and pulled until she was all the way on top—" are mine.

If I let them all treat me like I was broken, then how was I going to convince myself I wasn't?

Inside the store, a young man in the sadly appropriate red Target shirt walked very slowly to the locked door that was all that protected him from the horde. "He's going to die." Jesse sounded a little worried. The crowd started undulating, like a Chinese New Year dragon, as he reached up and slowly turned the key.

Jumping Jehoshaphat. O Holy Night.

My mother raised her eyebrow, and murmured, "And to think I was always worried that you didn't have any friends. I suppose I should have been counting my blessings.

The wolf wanted to bed her and claim her as his own. Being of a more cautious nature than his wolf, he would wait until he knew her a little better before deciding to court her.

You don't have the courage of a half-bred mongrel.

Three women bonding over household chores—my mother would be pleased if she could see us. That thought hardened my resolve that next week, some of the men would do cleanup. It would be good for them to expand their skill set.

Reincarnation?" He shrugged. "I've never seen any evidence that it's real. But I've never seen anything that disproves it either. I believe the afterlife is better than what we have here—and it would take something extraordinary to make someone willing to come back.

She had the sudden feeling that if she could look into those eyes for the rest of her life, she would be happy. It scared her a lot more than his anger had.

I break things, a lot of things, but I don't want one of them to be you.

Your ability to survive anything that gets thrown at you sometimes leaves the rest of us swallowing ulcer medication for days afterward. I don't like the taste of Maalox.

We watched the rest of the movie without talking. When it was over, Bran said, I love you." I said, " I know." Adam nudged me with his shoulder, and I laughed. "I love you, too.

The problem with deciding to bend the rules was trying to figure out just how far you could bend them.

got my country's five hundredth anniversary to plan, my wedding to arrange, my wife to murder, and Guilder to frame for it

Fourteen preteen girls, a tableful of werewolves—there were certain monstrous similarities.

I thought it would be quieter here." [Anna] hadn't meant to say anything, but the noise startled her. "The wind in the trees," Bran said. "And there are some birds that stay year-round. Sometimes when the wind is still and the cold is upon us, the quiet is so deep you can feel it in your bones.

Staying in that house alone didn't appeal to me - some ghost hunter I was. Nothing had happened, and I was already jumpy.

Brother Wolf gave Anna an amused look and then went back to being scary.

I think it's the eyes. No one expects brilliance out of a man with eyelashes like that.

Fear is a good thing. It teaches you not to make the same mistake twice. You counter it with knowledge. - Bran

It'll take years of therapy. Probably for all of us: a long uphill battle. But we're still on the field fighting the good fight, battered and beaten though we are, and I understand just what a great gift that is.

To see Charles, the original lone wolf, caught with a foot in the trap of amor-- this will amuse me for a while longer, I think.

You cannot sacrifice the world for your children.