Quotes from Patricia Briggs

Suddenly I don't feel so bad at being rescued by a rabbit

The lawyer's assistant, who was scribbling down notes, lit right up. "Magic is supposed to affect electricity like that. I've read that wizards can't be in the same room with things like computers and stuff." I knew where she'd read that. I bit my

Wolf Versus Street Sign, Street Sign Wins.

I'm done with it." All hint of softness was gone from his voice. "I am done with listening to you attack my mate while she is trying to save you. Again. I called this meeting to give notice. If I hear or hear about any of you saying anything to my mate that is in the least bit disrespectful, I will end you. No warnings, no second chances. I will end you." - Adam Hauptman

Damn it, Mercy." He didn't like to swear in front of women. I always counted it a personal triumph when I could make him do it.

We brought death to our enemies, and I loved the power of it. And that final love, one I shared with my father, frightened me more than any battle ever could.

I might be dumb," I told him, putting my nose against his silk tie, "but I'm not that dumb. I've gotcha now and you aren't getting away.

So what do we do next, Haunt Huntress?" "That's a pretty lame superhero name," I told him. "Scooby-Doo is already taken," he said with dignity. "Anything else sounds lame in comparison.

caffeine's untrustworthy gift of nervous energy.

Are you asking for quarter? I'm not in a particularly merciful mood." I can make fun of my name, but no one else can. Unless I'm in a really good mood. Or if I start it first.

I gave him a put-upon sigh. "I am not one of your pack members, Adam. I know this is difficult for you to fathom, so I'll speak slowly: I don't belong to you. I am under no obligation to tell you anything.

When you watch your allies commit atrocities and do nothing, who is more reprehensible? Those who rape and plunder or those who could have stopped it but do nothing?

I'd like to do something that means more, something that will outlast me the way these buildings have outlasted the men who built them." "I hadn't thought of it that way before," said Willon slowly. "But immortality . . . I think that's a basic instinct rather than the product of pride.

You going to watch my butt all day, or are you going to join me?" asked my mate. "What if I had said I was going to watch your butt all day?" I asked curiously as I opened the door an stepped into the hot water. "I've been considering belly-dancing lessons," he told me in a serious voice.

No. just warning him about sleeping with dangerous things. Tigers are rare treasures—and they will eat you and not give it a second thought.

Why the rolling pin and not a knife?" he asked, his voice raspy with the need for action. She looked at him for the first time since she'd seen his face on the stairs. "A knife wouldn't even slow him down, but bones take time to heal." He liked that. Who'd have thought he'd get turned on by a woman with a rolling pin? "All right," he said. "All right.

There was something about that man when he was all angry and dangerous that got my blood up. Sometimes my survival instincts are not what they should be.

Never run from a predator. Even the most behaved of them will have a hard time restraining themselves from chasing after a prey.

There were four cars to choose from, identical except in color. Charles raised an eyebrow at Anna and she trotted around them, pondering. "Gray, white, and silver would all blend in," she told him. "By all means let's take the metallic orange," he agreed somberly.

Maia was either going to grow up to rule the world or loose a planetwide plague upon the land. Maybe both.

If you touch me, Charles will hunt you down and eat your marrow while you are still alive to scream." She called upon her two acting classes and let her mouth turn up. "I'll be happy to watch." She licked her lips. The smile dropped off his face, and he growled.

It is proper that men listen to the counsel of women. (Coyote)

Honey will wipe the floor with you." His eyes went half-mast, and his voice dropped in evident pleasure. "I know.

I had two choices. I could stand here and cry—or I could get mad. Guess which one I chose.