"I don't like it when I outweigh my men."
— Patricia Briggs (Moon Called)

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

"MS. THOMPSON, it said in heavy block letters, PLEASE KEEP YOUR FELINE OFF MY PROPERTY. IF I SEE IT AGAIN, I WILL EAT IT."
— Patricia Briggs (Moon Called)

"Some people are boys longer than others."
— Patricia Briggs (Iron Kissed)

"Sometimes I have the urge to conquer large parts of Europe."
— Patricia Briggs (Cry Wolf)

"Love thy enemies, it says in the scriptures. My foster mother always added, "At the very least, you will be polite to them.""
— Patricia Briggs (Moon Called)

"Reluctantly, I pulled out my necklace and showed it to them.
Samuel frowned. The little figure was stylized; I suppose he couldn't tell what it was at first.
"A dog?" asked Zee, staring at my necklace.
"A lamb," I said defensively, tucking it safely back under my shirt. "Because one of Christ's names is "The Lamb of God.""
Samuel's shoulders shook slightly. "I can see it now, Mercy holding a roomful of vampire at bay with her glowing sheep."
I gave his shoulder a hard push, aware of the heat climbing to my cheeks, but it didn't help. He sang in a soft taunting voice, "Mercy had a little lamb...""
— Patricia Briggs (Moon Called)

"Anger is stupid, and stupidity will kill you more surely than your opponent's blade."
— Patricia Briggs (Dragon Bones)

"“That’s a pretty lame superhero name,” I told him. - Mercy

“Scooby-Doo is already taken,” he said with dignity. “Anything else sounds lame in comparison.” - Stefan"
— Patricia Briggs (Bone Crossed)

"A werewolf tossed me against a giant packing crate while I was trying to rescue a frightened young girl who'd been kidnapped by an evil witch and a drug lord."
— Patricia Briggs (Moon Called)

"Civilization is vastly overrated."
— Patricia Briggs (On the Prowl (Includes: Alpha & Omega Prequel; World of the Lupi, #3.5; Dorina Basarab Prequel; Monère, #3))

"Any idiot can put up a website."
— Patricia Briggs (Blood Bound)

"Over a lifetime of dealing with difficult women, I have learned it is often better to give into their demands immediately."
— Patricia Briggs (When Demons Walk)

"When life doesn't meet your expectations, it was important to take it with grace."
— Patricia Briggs (When Demons Walk)

"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."
— Patricia Briggs

"It is hard to accept being different, hard to have people avoid looking at you, and still believe in yourself."
— Patricia Briggs (The Hob's Bargain)

"Never trust a mechanic who drives new cars. They're either charging too much money for their work, or they can't keep an old car running - maybe both."
— Patricia Briggs (Blood Bound)

"Only cowards torture women."
— Patricia Briggs (Raven's Shadow)

"'C’est moi, c’est moi,’tis I,' I told him. It seemed appropriately melodramatic, though I didn’t know if he’d catch the reference. I shouldn’t have worried.
Unexpectedly, he laughed. “Trust you to quote Lancelot rather than Guinevere.” "
— Patricia Briggs (Moon Called)

"Intelligent men are dangerous."
— Patricia Briggs (Dragon Bones)

"Fear makes idiots out of us all, at some time or other."
— Patricia Briggs (When Demons Walk)

"A stupid ruler is much more of a problem than an insane one."
— Patricia Briggs (Dragon Blood)

"One of the oddest things about being grown-up was looking back at something you thought you knew and finding out the truth of it was completely different from what you had always believed. (Bone Crossed)"
— Patricia Briggs (Bone Crossed)

"She wondered that hope was so much harder then despair."
— Patricia Briggs (Cry Wolf)

"When I die of heart failure the next time you frighten me like that, you can put that on my gravestone —‘I didn’t mean to startle her'"
— Patricia Briggs (Masques)

"Women are sneaky."
— Patricia Briggs (The Hob's Bargain)

"Being a martyr is highly overrated. "
— Patricia Briggs (Dragon Bones)

"Adam swore harshly. "New werewolves are dangerous, woman. Especially when they are cold and hungry." He looked at Mac, and his voice changed completely, the heat and anger gone, "Mercy, come here."

I didn't look down to see what he'd noticed in Mac's face. I took a step, but Mac was wrapped around my left leg. I stopped before I fell. "Uhm. I'm a little stuck for the moment."" "
— Patricia Briggs (Moon Called)

"Survivors can't always choose their methods."
— Patricia Briggs (Dragon Blood)

"You can't cage an eagle for long without destroying it."
— Patricia Briggs (Dragon Blood)

"Knowledge is a better weapon than a sword."
— Patricia Briggs (Raven's Shadow)

"Let's save tomorrow's troubles for tomorrow."
— Patricia Briggs (Raven's Shadow)

"Stefan: "Indian with a dot, not a feather.""
— Patricia Briggs (Bone Crossed)

""Are you going to tell me what that was about?" Adam asked as we went back upstairs.
"Sometime," I told him. " When we're telling ghost stories around a campfire, and I want to scare you.""
— Patricia Briggs (Bone Crossed)

"Trying is always enough. "
— Patricia Briggs (Dragon Bones)

"I can't protect you from knowledge."
— Patricia Briggs (Dragon Bones)

"Dragons and legends...It would have been difficult for any man not to want to fight beside a dragon."
— Patricia Briggs (Dragon Blood)

"Moonlight streamed in, sending loving beams over his face. He closed his eyes and basked in it, and I could tell it was calling to him, even though the moon was not full. She didn't speak to me, but Samuel had once described her song to me in the words of a poet. The expression of bliss on his face while he listened to her music made him beautiful."
— Patricia Briggs (Moon Called)

"It's easier to dismiss ghosts in the daylight."
— Patricia Briggs (Dragon Bones)

"A man says a lot of things in summer he doesn't mean in winter."
— Patricia Briggs (Dragon Blood)

"A king who trusts no man is weak."
— Patricia Briggs (Dragon Blood)

"The only certainty life contains is death."
— Patricia Briggs (When Demons Walk)

"“Hey, Adam,” I said.
“I thought you’d want to know that Warren and Darryl made it out of the vampire den alive.”
I sucked in my breath. “You didn’t actually agree to their meeting on Marsilia’s grounds?”
He laughed. “No, it just sounded better than saying they made it out of Denny’s alive. It might not be romantic, but it’s open all night and set in the middle of a brightly lit parking lot with no dark places for skulking parties to ambush from.”"
— Patricia Briggs (Bone Crossed)

"A man learns with age, if he is lucky."
— Patricia Briggs (When Demons Walk)

"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 (Cry Wolf)

"And that's when Anna realized that what the wolf had been asking Bran for was death.
Impulsively, Anna stepped away from Charles. She put a knee on the bench she'd been sitting on and reached over the back to close her hand on Asil's wrist, which was lying across the back of the pew.
He hissed in shock but didn't pull away. As she held him the scent of wilderness, of sickness, faded. He stared at her, the whites of his eyes showing brightly while his irises narrowed to small bands around his black pupil.
"Omega," he whispered, his breath coming harshly."
— Patricia Briggs (Cry Wolf)

"This world has need of song and sword."
— Patricia Briggs (Dragon Bones)

"Rumor exaggerates."
— Patricia Briggs (Dragon Blood)

"Love is not necessary for sex."
— Patricia Briggs (Dragon Blood)

"My father always said that too many words cheapened the value of a man's speech."
— Patricia Briggs (Raven's Shadow)