02UndatedWhen life doesn't meet your expectations, it was important to take it with grace.Patricia Briggs / quote ↗
05UndatedMS. THOMPSON, it said in heavy block letters, PLEASE KEEP YOUR FELINE OFF MY PROPERTY. IF I SEE IT AGAIN, I WILL EAT IT.Patricia Briggs / quote ↗
06UndatedWhy 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.Patricia Briggs / quote ↗
07UndatedIt is one of those lessons that every child should learn: Don't play with fire, sharp objects, or ancient artifacts.Patricia Briggs / quote ↗
11UndatedWhen I die of heart failure the next time you frighten me like that, you can put that on my gravestone—‘I didn’t mean to startle her.Patricia Briggs / quote ↗
12UndatedCheeses crusty, got all musty, got damp on the stone of a peach,” I agreed. He looked blank, so I repeated it with proper emphasis. “ ChEEZ-zes crusty. Got Al -musty. Got DAMp on the StoneofapeaCH.Patricia Briggs / quote ↗
15UndatedAre 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.Patricia Briggs / quote ↗
16UndatedWhat would a racist call werewolves? Wargs? She kind of liked that one, but suspected that racist bastards didn't read Tolkien.Patricia Briggs / quote ↗
18UndatedI 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.Patricia Briggs / quote ↗
19UndatedI 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.Patricia Briggs / quote ↗
20UndatedShe 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.Patricia Briggs / quote ↗
21UndatedIt was like being leaned on by a very heavy, warm brick. A sexy brick.Patricia Briggs / quote ↗
23UndatedI don't say goodbye very easily, Anna. Not gracefully or prettily.Goodbye tears your heart out and leaves it a feast for carrion birds who happen by.Patricia Briggs / quote ↗
