Quotes from Patricia Briggs

The best way for me to protect you is to encourage you to be able to protect yourself.

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

He stopped what he was doing and pulled out his magic phone. Okay, the phone wasn't magic, but it does things my computer struggles with.

It Wasn't Hard To Follow The Scent Of Blood To The Living Room Where The Fae Had Been Killed. It Had Been A Violent Death, Perfect For Creating Ghosts.

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.

Americans in particular are oddly innocent in their faith that science holds explanations for everything.

My father said that a silent person is trying to hide something.

When life doesn't meet your expectations, it was important to take it with grace.

It is hard to accept being different, hard to have people avoid looking at you, and still believe in yourself.

The view from outside is a better place to examine a society.

Things change whether you want them to, or not--unless you are dead. Don't hold so hard to the past that you die with it.

What I like to do is write the story, see where it takes me -- and then check out the details I don't know. When I first started writing, there were a lot of things about the world that I understood but didn't have the vocabulary for -- and even more things that I just had no idea about. For instance, do you know all the parts of a door frame? Or what flowers bloom in the spring in alpine climates? There's a surprising amount of homework involved in writing a book.

Survivors can't always choose their methods.

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

The devout belief that the world is explainable is both a terrible vulnerability and a stout shield. Evil prefers it when people don't believe.

I like to have a hero a little underpowered. I mean, Spiderman is far cooler than Superman. How do you challenge Superman?

It's easier to dismiss ghosts in the daylight.

If I've already figured out how the book ends, why bother to finish writing it? My writing isn't terribly efficient, because I often have to backtrack a bit when I change my mind, but I like the sense of discovery that comes from not knowing what happens next.

The main thing to remember is that making love is at once the silliest and the most sacred act humans can perform.

Let's save tomorrow's troubles for tomorrow.

You can't cage an eagle for long without destroying it.

A werewolf tossed me against a giant packing crate while I was trying to rescue a frightened young girl who'd been kidnapped by an evil witch and a drug lord.

The cool thing about writing is that there is really never a typical day. Sometimes I get a rhythm going and head off to work every morning and come home at night. Sometimes I'll write for two days straight and then be utterly blank for the next two.

One of the oddest things about being grown-up was looking back at something you thought you knew and finding out the truth of it was completely different from what you had always believed. (Bone Crossed)