Quotes By Author: Patricia Briggs
“Time was such an odd thing. One moment you could talk to someone, then suddenly, they were gone.”
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“It was like being leaned on by a very heavy, warm brick. A sexy brick.”
“She doesn’t need the pack. She doesn’t need me.”I shot to my feet. “That’s not true,” I said hotly.He tilted his head a little, his eyes meeting mine. His eyes softened. “I misspoke,” he said in a steady voice. “She doesn’t need me to make sure she has enough food or a place to live-that is my privilege, but she doesn’t need me to do that. She doesn’t need me to keep her safe or to make her a whole person. She doesn’t need me to do anything except love her. Which I do.”
“I can’t protect you from knowledge.”
“Knowledge is a better weapon than a sword.”
“She wondered that hope was so much harder then despair.”
“I suppose we must work on being gracious and grateful until we can do for ourselves. Someday the wheel of fate will put us in a position to be of use to them, and we will remember how much easier it is to give help than it is to accept it.”
“I don’t like lies,” said Bran, and I knew I’d failed to keep the pain of his revelation from my face. “Not even lies of omission. Hard truths can be dealt with, triumphed over, but lies will destroy your soul.”
“Some truths are truths, no matter who says them.”
“Are you going to tell me what that was about?” Adam asked as we went back upstairs.“Sometime,” I told him. “When we’re telling ghost stories around a campfire, and I want to scare you.”
“Women are sneaky.”
“She gave Samuel a stern look. “Now, I don’t know what’s going on between you and my daughter and Adam Hauptman—”“Neither do we,” I muttered.Samuel grinned. “We have it pretty well worked out as far as the sex goes—Adam gets it—someday—and I don’t. But the rest is still up for negotiation.”“Samuel Cornick,” I sputtered in disbelief. “That is my mother.”
“You should be home sleeping. What is the use of having a man in the house, if he cannot take care of you for a while?” “Mmm,” I said. “I give up. What’s the use of having a man in the house?”
“Where does a werewolf sleep? Anywhere he wants to.”