Quotes from Patricia Briggs

She glanced surreptitiously at Charles, but he was eating the way he usually did—like a well-mannered starving person who wasn't sure where his next meal with coming from.

People I cared about could hurt my feelings, but almost complete strangers? I could care less about what they thought.

Like most people who own their own businesses, I work long hours that start early in the morning. So when someone calls me in the middle of the night, they'd better be dying.

feeding grad students to the bears wasn't a good idea, might give them ideas.

Honey," he drawled, pulling on his Southern roots. "When a wolf watches a lamb, he's not thinking about the lamb's mommy." I grinned. I couldn't help it. The idea of Bran as a lamb's mommy was too funny. "I'm not much of a lamb," I said. He just smiled.

By the time a person was my age, they should know that life isn't fair and quit pretending that it ought to be.

with another car of the same make and

You should quit worrying about him and start worrying about how you are going to deal with accepting the situation you got yourself into.

The hospital issue was a pale beige color that made my Native-toned skin look greenish.

get you. You get me. No take-backs.

Yes," Elizaveta said venomously. "We are all beautiful here. Can we get going? Or do I need to get the makeup mirror out of my purse so you two can admire yourselves a little longer?

She opened the box and released the ghosts of a thousand odors. I sneezed, Joel sneezed. Izzy's mother said, "God bless you." I smiled. "Yes, He does. Thank you.

I thought we'd established that when I claimed you for my mate and then my husband. I get you. You get me. No take-backs.

But coincidences, in Charles's experience, were as rare as hen's teeth.

I'm not dating Adam.

Even now, I don't know of any werewolves living in Asia—there are things over there that don't like us, and they can make their dislike fatal.

My mother's voice whispered in my ears. Look now to your da. If you've never seen rage on his face, you have now. Those old fools won't know what hit them.

Kriemhild," she said. "One of the names given to Siegfried's wife in the Norse sagas. I always liked it better than Gutrune, which was the one Wagner used.

His self-control was aided by the short time it had to stay strong because, from somewhere out of sight, Asil called, "I've got another one up here for you techies. Está roto. What is it you said about the last one, Tag? Pretty borked. This one is pretty borked, too.

movement in the small room left him directly between Wellesley and Anna. "She is a baby—and we know

But I would be a much better monster than you were. There would be no stories about my reign of terror because no one would live to tell the tale.

Mercy," said my mother thoughtfully, "you never told me your werewolf neighbor was quite that hot.

It hasn't been out in a good long time," said Zee. "It's a little giddy." "Giddy," I said.

If Buffalo Singer ever came to her in a dream again, she would make sure he regretted it.