Top 400 Patricia Briggs Quotes (2024 Update)
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151. “And thus Charles found himself wandering around a hotel, trailing federal agents as he held a cardboard coffee cup holder in each hand, instead of out killing misbehaving werewolves.”

— Patricia Briggs

152. “Americans in particular are oddly innocent in their faith that science holds explanations for everything.”

— Patricia Briggs

153. “Why the rolling pin and not a knife?” he asked, his voice raspy with the need for action. She looked at him for the first time since she’d seen his face on the stairs. “A knife wouldn’t even slow him down, but bones take time to heal.” He liked that. Who’d have thought he’d get turned on by a woman with a rolling pin? “All right,” he said. “All right.”

— Patricia Briggs

154. “There isn’t a person in this city more dangerous than a wolf whose mate is in danger.”

— Patricia Briggs

155. “Two-year-olds en masse at a swimming pool sounded to Charles like a disaster waiting to happen. Maybe the remarkable thing was not how many children, teachers, and parents associated with this school had died, but that there had not been more.”

— Patricia Briggs

156. “Why is it that all cars are women? Because they’re fussy and demanding.”

— Patricia Briggs

157. “Don’t fuss. I love you just as you are, Mercy. I don’t need to swallow you whole, I don’t need to be in your head at all times. I just need to know that you’re there.”

— Patricia Briggs

158. “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.”

— Patricia Briggs

159. “When I am with you, my control is shot. I think that’s what you’ve been feeling.”

— Patricia Briggs

160. “I’ve heard that Vlad the Impaler established without a doubt that having a stick up one’s ass was detrimental to one’s health. And I am very interested in keeping you healthy.”

— Patricia Briggs

161. “I like to have a hero a little underpowered. I mean, Spiderman is far cooler than Superman. How do you challenge Superman?”

— Patricia Briggs

162. “She’s a good person, but she is a weak person, too. She can’t take care of anyone else because she’s too busy taking care of herself.” I.”

— Patricia Briggs

163. “Take happiness where you can,” he said. “It seldom lasts – ’course, neither does sorrow, right?”

— Patricia Briggs

164. “He was obviously dead. But since he was a vampire that wasn’t as hopless a thing as it might have been.”

— Patricia Briggs

165. “Some people are boys longer than others.”

— Patricia Briggs

166. “I only get weirder the longer you know me,” I told him, quoting one of the T-shirts I’d gotten for my last birthday.”

— Patricia Briggs

167. “Brother Wolf gave Anna an amused look and then went back to being scary.”

— Patricia Briggs

168. “The trick to going wherever you want unchallenged in a hospital is to walk briskly, nod to the people you know, and ignore the ones you don’t. The nod reassures everyone that you are known, the brisk pace that you have a mission and don’t want to talk.”

— Patricia Briggs

169. “She open her eyes and met his. The impact was so strong he was amazed that his figures continued playing with out pause.”

— Patricia Briggs

170. “Bran was always a deceptive bastard, gentle and mild right up until he ripped your throat out. He had many other fine qualities as well.”

— Patricia Briggs

171. “And that, children, is why ultimatums are a bad idea, said a memory speaking in the Marrok’s voice.”

— Patricia Briggs

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

— Patricia Briggs

173. “He slept on the foot of my bed. When I suggested he might be more comfortable in his room, he regarded me steadily with ice-colored eyes. Where does a werewolf sleep? Anywhere he wants to.”

— Patricia Briggs

174. “Mine. He was mine, and not even death would take him from me – not if I could help it.”

— Patricia Briggs

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

— Patricia Briggs

176. “Death is not to be feared. Death is easy. It is living that is brutal.”

— Patricia Briggs

177. “He didn’t say anything more, just waited for me to tell him what I’d been thinking. It was pure speculation, and I was opening myself up to ridicule by saying anything at all. I sat on the stool and realized that I had my loyalties, too.”

— Patricia Briggs

178. “Coyote’s Daughter,” he said. “We shall sing them to the great death.”

— Patricia Briggs

179. “For the traditional fantasies, a lot more of my research comes from reading rather than doing. I like my worlds to feel real, so I do a lot of world building research.”

— Patricia Briggs

180. “This world has need of song and sword.”

— Patricia Briggs

181. “Much awkwardness ensued.”

— Patricia Briggs

182. “It was unsettling to be in love with someone who looked like the face in her nightmares.”

— Patricia Briggs

183. “You cannot sacrifice the world for your children.”

— Patricia Briggs

184. “Honey will wipe the floor with you.” His eyes went half-mast, and his voice dropped in evident pleasure. “I know.”

— Patricia Briggs

185. “We appreciate the help you have given us so far, but your usefulness ends here.”

— Patricia Briggs

186. “When a man is on the verge of passing out from pain, it seemed wrong to notice how beautiful he was.”

— Patricia Briggs

187. “You don’t have the courage of a half-bred mongrel.”

— Patricia Briggs

188. “Charles preferred his deer to taste like meat and his pancakes to look like pancakes. Brother Wolf thought he was too picky. Brother Wolf was probably right.”

— Patricia Briggs

189. “It has always been an ambition of mine to serve as an object lesson for others.”

— Patricia Briggs

190. “There was I thinking being a shifter had its upsides. Looks like I was wrong.”

— Patricia Briggs

191. “Chills went down my spine. I had a degree in history. When the government moves against a segment of its own population, it is bad. Nazi bad. Genocide bad.”

— Patricia Briggs

192. “Jones is dead,” I promised. “He just doesn’t know it yet. But we are patient, we can wait until the time is ripe.”

— Patricia Briggs

193. “Some wounds need to be pricked so they can drain. Others just need to be left alone.”

— Patricia Briggs

194. “God help us and keep us from receiving what we deserve.”

— Patricia Briggs

195. “It Wasn’t Hard To Follow The Scent Of Blood To The Living Room Where The Fae Had Been Killed. It Had Been A Violent Death, Perfect For Creating Ghosts.”

— Patricia Briggs

196. “Mmm, he rumbled into my ear. I thought that being married meant that I never go to bed hungry.”

— Patricia Briggs

197. “She is a black witch,” Charles said, equally quietly. “We have always been enemies. For right now, we are aimed at the same target; that is all. If your target is pleasure and you’re sure that’s what hers is, too, that’s fine. Just remember – a black witch doesn’t love anything but power.”

— Patricia Briggs

198. “The cool thing about writing is that there is really never a typical day. Sometimes I get a rhythm going and head off to work every morning and come home at night. Sometimes I’ll write for two days straight and then be utterly blank for the next two.”

— Patricia Briggs

199. “Double-zap,” said Tag. “That is not a technical term, I hope,” murmured Asil. “Only the most technically advanced people can use ‘double-zap’ correctly,” Anna told Asil sotto voce. “You and I shouldn’t try it.”

— Patricia Briggs

200. “If you touch me, Charles will hunt you down and eat your marrow while you are still alive to scream.” She called upon her two acting classes and let her mouth turn up. “I’ll be happy to watch.” She licked her lips. The smile dropped off his face, and he growled.”

— Patricia Briggs