"His brother maintained that what sent people backing……" — Patricia Briggs
"His brother maintained that what sent people backing away was neither his size nor his mother's blood, but solely the expression on his face. To test Samuel's theory, Charles had tried smiling - and then solemnly reported to Samuel that he had been mistaken. When Charles smiled, he told Samuel, people just ran faster."
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285 Quotes by Patricia Briggs
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Women are the bloodthirsty sex," said Ric sadly. "We get the reputation, but it is only because the women stand…
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Humans, werewolves, or, apparently, vampire, it doesn't matter; get more than three of them together and the jockeying for power…
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The devout belief that the world is explainable is both a terrible vulnerability and a stout shield.
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During my last year of college I wrote the same ten pages over and over again. Those ten pages became…
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The conflict between the creatures of Native Lore and the immigration of the European preternatural hosts is hinted at in…
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My mother was a children's librarian. I remember when traditional stories were revised for modern audiences until they bore only…
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When I write, I get glimpses into future novels.
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For the traditional fantasies, a lot more of my research comes from reading rather than doing. I like my worlds…
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I am not attempting to preserve culture, or record actual events or stories. Instead I bow my head in gratitude…
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I've been a storyteller all my life. When I was in high school, I used to amuse myself by driving…
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Read good books. Read bad books - and figure out why you don't like them. Then don't do it when…
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The cool thing about writing is that there is really never a typical day. Sometimes I get a rhythm going…
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More Backing Quotes
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I'm looking for backing for an unauthorized auto-biography that I am writing. Hopefully, this will sell in such huge numbers…
— David Bowie
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That community is already in the process of dissolution where each man begins to eye his neighbor as a possible…
— Learned Hand
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A lot of people enjoy being dead. But they are not dead, really. They're just backing away from life.
— Ruth Gordon
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Sometimes it seem like to tell the truth today is to run the risk of being killed. But if I…
— Fannie Lou Hamer
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When we feel stuck, going nowhere-even starting to slip backward-we may actually be backing up to get a running start.
— Dan Millman
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Wishing will not bring riches. But desiring riches with a state of mind that becomes an obsession, then planning definite…
— Napoleon Hill
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Sometimes you can only find Heaven by slowly backing away from Hell.
— Carrie Fisher
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Stepping outside the comfort zone is the price I pay to find out how good I can be. If I…
— Desiree Linden
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History has spurts and then is steady, and then maybe even backing up a step, and then forward again.
— Alan Bean
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I'm the best at talking trash I'm also the best at going out there and backing it up.
— Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
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You know, before we all started having health care, in the olden days our grandparents, they would bring a chicken…
— Unknown Author
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People say I don't have great tools. They say that I can't throw like Ellis Valentine or run like Tim…
— Pete Rose
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