Steal the Dragon Quotes

“Stupid young girls who get caught alone in the forest fall prey to anything that crosses their paths, be the beast animal, human or shapeshifter.”
― Patricia Briggs, Steal the Dragon

“Laeth returned her smile with one as wicked, as he posed the favorite question of one of the combat instructors, "How many ways are there to kill a person with a knife?"

"It doesn't matter, it only takes one to do the job," returned Rialla.”
― Patricia Briggs, Steal the Dragon

“She was comfortable enough that she was beginning to suffer from the most chronic condition of slavery— boredom.”
― Patricia Briggs, Steal the Dragon

“When it became obvious that the stranger was no longer a threat, Laeth said congenially, "She doesn't like it when men touch her without an invitation. You're lucky that she's in a good mood or she'd have just cut your hand off—that's what she did to the last man who tried it."

A friend of Laeth's leaned over from a nearby table and said sadly, "Poor Jard was never the same."

"Remember what she did to Lothar?" added another man, shaking his head.
"Took us three days to find all the pieces so that we could bury him," commented one of Laeth's fellow lieutenants, a stocky, bald man with a friendly face. He leaned closer and said softly, "But then, Lothar tried to kiss her.”
― Patricia Briggs, Steal the Dragon