Quotes from Patricia Briggs

She had no idea who the dagos were. Her racist vocabulary obviously needed work.

SILVERLESS, DE-MAGICKED, AND VOWING NEVER TO PLAY word one-upmanship—or even Scrabble for that matter—with either Adam or Asil (What exactly was a quicquidlibet, anyway?)

Loneliness and fear ate at him, a loner by choice who had prided himself on his daring and courage. The

Healthy pain invites healing. Gabriel is a good boy; he'll be a good man. Not all relationships that end

Some people are like Slinkies. They aren't really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to my face when I push them down a flight of stairs.

MS. THOMPSON, it said in heavy block letters, PLEASE KEEP YOUR FELINE OFF MY PROPERTY. IF I SEE IT AGAIN, I WILL EAT IT.

I don't like it when I outweigh my men.

Women are the bloodthirsty sex," said Ric sadly. "We get the reputation, but it is only because the women stand behind us, and say, 'Kill it. Squish it.

Why is it that all cars are women?" he asked. "Because they're fussy and demanding," answered Zee. "Because if they were men, they'd sit around and complain instead of getting the job done," I told him.

A man says a lot of things in summer he doesn't mean in winter.

Never trust a mechanic who drives new cars. They're either charging too much money for their work, or they can't keep an old car running - maybe both.

Mine," he said. Adam's eyes narrowed. "I don't think so. She is mine." It would have been flattering, I thought, except that at least one of them was talking about dinner and I wasn't certain about the other.

Love thy enemies, it says in the scriptures. My foster mother always added, "At the very least, you will be polite to them.

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.

Anger is stupid, and stupidity will kill you more surely than your opponent's blade.

Only cowards torture women.

Sometimes I have the urge to conquer large parts of Europe.

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.

Nothing says you're sorry like a dead bunny.

Some people are boys longer than others.

It is one of those lessons that every child should learn: Don't play with fire, sharp objects, or ancient artifacts.

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.

Hard truths can be dealt with, triumphed over, but lies will destroy your soul.

He was like Superman, but with fangs and oddly impaired morals.