Quotes from Patricia Briggs

Death is part of life," he told her. "Without the one, it is hard to have the other.

Mercy: Then why didn't Marsilia just come herself? Andre: Marsilia is a lady. Women do not belong in combat. Mercy: So you brought me instead?

I'm not worried about her coming between us," I told him truthfully. "I'm worried about her hurting you and Jesse. Hurting the pack. But that's better than letting her face whatever it is on her own.

It is generally a bad thing when someone hunting you is polite. It means they are sure they can take you anytime they want to.

Ours, said Brother Wolf. She is perfect, our soul mate, our anchor, the reason we were created. So that we could be hers.

The graffiti] had a sort of Christmassy look to it. The green paint tended to be short top to bottom but long front site to side. The red paint was fat and closed up. It sort of looked like garlands with red balls hanging down. There was even "Ho, ho, ho" if you skipped around a little and deleted an "e" on the last "ho". Our green painter had a limited vocabulary and occasionally mixed up a professional working woman with a garden implement.

My mother once told me that you had to trust that the first thing out of a person's mouth was the 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 they think will get the results they want.

He could have told her that he had no intention of bedding her, but he tried not to lie. Not even to himself.

Forbidden fruit is the sweetest, Warren, my darling.

Male werewolves treat their mates like beloved slaves. the thought set my back up. It was just a good thing I wasn't a werewolf or there would be a slave rebellion.

Anyone who offends me deserves to hear exactly how they trespassed—or needs to be lulled into a false sense of security before the sneak attack when they aren't paying attention.

The trick to staying out of trouble is to keep your nose out of other people's business.

Maybe I should go back to teaching school about crazy people instead of being one. (Jim Alvin)

My soul was a lot more battered than my body, but I couldn't see it in the mirror. Hopefully no one else could either.

Truth has many facets. Choose the ones that make her happy to be alive instead of the ones that make her want to smack you.

A rape victim... a rape victim who fights...They've been violated, made helpless and afraid. It breaks their confidence in the safety of their little world. It makes them afraid." .... "If you don't fight, it's not quite the same. If they make you help, make you cooperate, then it's not clear to you anymore. Is it rape? You feel dirty, violated, and guilty. Most of all guilty because you should have fought. Especially if you're Mercy and you fight everything.

Sometimes the only action you can take leads to more trouble. (Honey)

He smiled, a wide, joyful expression—and oddly the fangs didn't rob the smile of its charm. "I am at peace, Mercy," he told me. He closed his eyes and quit moving his body. "Just like you told me. I will never be okay again." He didn't sound unhappy about it.

If fourteen people believe they were Cleopatra in a former life, does that mean that Cleopatra had split personality disorder?

Take happiness where you can," he said. "It seldom lasts—'course, neither does sorrow, right?

Beauclaire focused his attention, and I felt his magic send shivers of ice along my arms.

Thank you for tearing Tim into small Tim bits.

Rabies has a lot in Common with vampirism." said Adam

Some wounds need to be pricked so they can drain. Others just need to be left alone.