Patricia Briggs

“The warmth of his body shouldn’t have felt good. He was angry and every muscle was tense. It was like being leaned on by a very heavy, warm brick. A sexy brick.”

“He bit the nape of my neck and I moaned.”

“Now, I'm not very vain. If I'd ever been, making my living covered in various grease and dirt mixtures would have cured me quickly. Still, I wasn't up to facing two sexy men when I had one eye swollen mostly shut and half of my face black and blue.”

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

“We who are dominant tend to think of that aspect of being a werewolf as rank: who is obeyed, who is to obey. Dominant and submissive. But it is also who is to protect and who is to be protected. A submissive wolf is not incapable of protecting himself: he can fight, he can kill as readily as any other. But a submissive doesn't feel the need to fight -- not the way a dominant does. They are a treasure in a pack. A source of purpose and of balance. Why does a dominant exist? To protect those beneath him, but protecting a submissive is far more rewarding because a submissive will never wait until you are wounded or your back is turned to see if you are truly dominant to him. Submissive wolves can be trusted. And they unite the pack with the goal of keeping them safe and cared for.”

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

“People will do amazing things to ensure their survival.”

“Women are sneaky.”

“It is hard to accept being different, hard to have people avoid looking at you, and still believe in yourself.”

“You'd tell the world what your best friend wore to sleep if you thought it made a good enough story.”

“When life doesn't meet your expectations, it was important to take it with grace.”

“The only certainty life contains is death.”

“Over a lifetime of dealing with difficult women, I have learned it is often better to give into their demands immediately.”

“A man learns with age, if he is lucky.”

“Fear makes idiots out of us all, at some time or other.”

“Don't make light of any man's pain.”

“You cannot sacrifice the world for your children.”

“Some truths are truths, no matter who says them.”

“If creation was given no limit, ultimately everything would cease to exist.”

“Wizards are a secretive lot.”

“If there was such evil in the world, was it possible that there was good, too?”

“Time was such an odd thing. One moment you could talk to someone, then suddenly, they were gone.”

“Let's save tomorrow's troubles for tomorrow.”

“Only cowards torture women.”

“Evil must always be fought.”

“Knowledge is a better weapon than a sword.”

“A man's immortality can be found in his children.”

“Baking is like washing--the results are equally temporary.”

“My father said that a silent person is trying to hide something.”

“My father always said that too many words cheapened the value of a man's speech.”

“Love is not necessary for sex.”

“The main thing to remember is that making love is at onces the silliest and the most sacred act humans can perform.”

“A king who trusts no man is weak.”

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

“Dragons and legends...It would have been difficult for any man not to want to fight beside a dragon.”

“A stupid ruler is much more of a problem than an insane one.”

“You can't cage an eagle for long without destroying it.”

“Survivors can't always choose their methods.”

“Rumor exaggerates.”

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

“I can't protect you from knowledge.”

“Being a martyr is highly overrated. ”

“Trying is always enough.”

“This world has need of song and sword.”

“It's easier to dismiss ghosts in the daylight.”

“Intelligent men are dangerous.”

“Sometimes I think I live more closely to the past than the present.”

“Wizards don't all look alike.”

“Civilization is vastly overrated.”

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