Quotes from Patricia Briggs

There is magic in places that are between: crossroads, thresholds, bridges.

Do not go gentle into that good night,' Samuel. 'Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Life's but a walking shadow,' Mercy, 'a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more.' " He countered my Dylan Thomas with Shakespeare

Accept some responsibility for your own life, I panted, finally. You could have stayed sitting in the middle of the road. You chose to come with us.

Samuel just feels that he no longer belongs, that he accomplishes nothing by his existence. Even the Omega cannot fix him.

He didn't want to scare her any more than she already was. He could have told her that he had no intention of bedding her, but he tried not to lie. Not even to himself. So he stayed silent.

you had to trust that the first thing out of a person's mouth was 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 that will get the results they want.

It was a look I'd seen directed at me, but not by Sherwood. "You're a

don't like crosses. My distaste has nothing to do with the metaphysical like it does for vampires; when I lived in Bran's pack, I wore crosses, too. I have a whole spiel about how sick it is to carry around the instrument of Christ's torture as a symbol for the Prince of Peace who taught us to love one another. It's a good spiel, and I even believe

Livin's easier than dyin' most times, Mercy girl," he said kindly, repeating my foster father's favorite saying. "Dance when the moon sings, and don't cry about troubles that haven't yet come.

He lifted his lip in a mock snarl and put his nose down on the dashboard with a thump. "You're smearing the windshield," I told him. He looked at me and deliberately ran his nose across his side of the glass.

Witches are bitches and they'll burn your britches sure as kittens have itches if you give 'em half a chance.

The devout belief that the world is explainable is both a terrible vulnerability and a stout shield.

Leeds focused on Miss Blair.

Because at that moment it was the best thing to do," Honey said coolly. "Sometimes the only action you can take leads to more trouble. But she would have considered that when she did it. Mercy is no fool

All honor to him, then...To die killing one of the dark-bound evils is not a bad thing, Mercy.

My foster mother maintained that I could get dirty in a swimming pool, and getting older hadn't helped much.

The Princess and the Goblin.

Werewolves don't do well on their own. They need someone, pack or family, or they begin to get odd. Werewolves who get odd tend to end up dead -- and sometimes take a lot of other people down with them when they go.

taught that people are not to 'be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

About thirty years ago, the Gray Lords, the powerful mages who rule the fae, began to be concerned about advances in science—particularly forensic science.

And, as his father liked to say, identity was partly heritage, partly upbringing, but mostly the choices you make in life.

Instinct," he told her, "is most often right.

I have noticed that people who listen to their instincts live longer.