"When is the last time you were a……" — Patricia Briggs
"When is the last time you were a tourist?” she asked archly. He just looked at her. Charles, she had to agree, was not tourist material. “Right,” Anna told him. “Buck up. You might even enjoy it.” “You might as well have ‘hapless victim’ tattooed across your forehead,” he muttered."
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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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