Patricia Briggs Quotes - Page 2

Some truths are truths, no matter who says them.

I 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.

My mother once told me that you had to trust that the first thing out of a person's mouth was the truth. After they have a chance to think about it, they'll change what they say to be more socially acceptable, something they think you'll be happier with, something they think will get the results they want.

I 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.

She wondered that hope was so much harder then despair.

Don’t lick the guests, darling. Bad manners.

Knowledge is a better weapon than a sword.

I can't protect you from knowledge.

I used my history degree about twice a year whether I needed to or not.

I 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.

The best way for me to protect you is to encourage you to be able to protect yourself.

Love,"he said."is always a risk,isnt it?I've always thought that there were no uncertainties but I was wrong.Love is a certainity.And love always gives more then it takes.

We've determined that Ms. Hauptman is a potential threat to the public safety, and we are bringing her in as a murder suspect who has supernatural powers that make her too dangerous to be incarcerated in the usual ways.

It was like being leaned on by a very heavy, warm brick. A sexy brick.

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

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

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

Love is not necessary for sex.

All right," Mom said. She gave Samuel a stern look,"Now I don't know what's going on between you and my daughter and Adam Hauptman-"

"Neither do we," I muttered

Samuel grinned "We have it pretty well worked out as far as the sex goes. Adam gets it-someday-and I don't. But the rest is still up for negotiation.

Then he'd come back home and found out that war didn't cause fear- love did.