Quotes from Patricia Briggs

A friend in danger is not someone who should be deserted. Safety is not always the right path. (Sylvia)

One of my professors once told me that the last official act of the British monarchy was when Queen Victoria refused to sign a law that made same-sex acts illegal. It would have made me think more highly of her, except the reason she objected was because she didn't believe women would do anything like that. Parliament rewrote the law so it was specific to men, and she signed it. A tribute to enlightenment, Queen Victoria was not.

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All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing'

For a quiet man, Charles was very good at saying "I love you.

Because I knew that Samuel—my Samuel who was at that very moment dressing in the backseat—would never stand by and watch a human get hurt. He was the only werewolf I knew who cared that much about mundane humans, just because they were mundane humans

Life is not safe. A man might spend his whole time on Earth staying safe in a basement, and in the end, he still dies like everyone else. (Hao)

It was not a bad idea to remind your enemy of who you are.

He pulled her tight against him. "I will defend your heart and your soul with everything in me.

Gruesome as it was, I had to admit the head was easier to pack into the Jetta than a whole body would have been, especially since there was no upholstery or carpet in the space where (hopefully) someday a backseat would reside.

Medea came out of the hallway shadows first, meowing sharp little complaints as she trotted across the kitchen floor and hopped onto Stefan's lap. Samuel followed

A jogger approached them and stopped, jogging in place. "Your dog should be on a leash," he said in politely disapproving tones. "It's the rules. There are lots of kids here and a big dog like that might scare someone." "Werewolf," said Anna blandly, just to see what he would do. He stopped jogging and looked, his jaw dropping. "Shit," he said. "You're kidding me.

Wait," I said. "Leo. Leo. Chicago." Then it came to me. "Leo James? Looks as though he ought to be a Nordic skiing champion? Tall, long, and blond.

But death isn't a tragedy to God, only to those left behind

Then I'd have had to take my liberal arts degree and gotten a job at McDonald's or Burger King like all the rest of the history majors.

Samuel, the son of a Welsh bard, who shared his father's gift for words, stammering like an infatuated teenager.

I mean never put yourself in a position where harm to you would make the fae community here safer.

Samuel took a sip of tea, grimaced and set it down. He wasn't a tea drinker.

half-breed Salish or Flathead.)

Not all relationships that end are failures.

was in a battle for my soul, and the evil spirit that was trying to possess me has been, very slowly, winning." He smiled broadly, raised his glass at Anna, and said, "Until today.

Then I'd have had to take my liberal arts degree and gotten a job at McDonald's or Burger King like all the rest of the history majors. We worked companionably in silence for

They're our scary-dangerous werewolves., and they only eat people they don't like.

It's my privilege," I said carefully, trying not to tweak his pride, "to do those things that are easier for me than for you. You do the same for me. Let me deal with her.