Storm Cursed Quotes

“My old pastor liked to say that church is a hospital for the sick, not a mausoleum for the saints.”
― Patricia Briggs, Storm Cursed

“All due respect, Renny,” said Mary Jo, “I have a pretty freaking good idea of your capabilities. And I think Mr. Traegar’s decision to bring us in first was the correct one. We don’t really know what we’re dealing with when it comes to the fae—there is no way that the sheriff’s office would. We had two werewolves, Mercy and the goblin king out there—and if it weren’t for the goblin king we’d have failed to bring him in ourselves.”

He gave her a look. “I am going to ignore—just for a minute—how much my geek side is loving that apparently there is a goblin king in the world. And that he is—again apparently—here in the Tri-Cities. Even knowing that David Bowie is gone, I am giddy about this.” He said all that in a very dry, professional tone.

I was starting to really like this guy.”
― Patricia Briggs, Storm Cursed

“He smiled, a wide, joyful expression—and oddly the fangs didn’t rob the smile of its charm. “I am at peace, Mercy,” he told me. He closed his eyes and quit moving his body. “Just like you told me. I will never be okay again.” He didn’t sound unhappy about it.”
― Patricia Briggs, Storm Cursed

“That which doesn’t destroy us . . .” “Leaves us scratching our heads and saying, ‘What’s next?”
― Patricia Briggs, Storm Cursed

“But I’ve learned that there are always terrible things, and sometimes it is very important to grasp what joy and beauty you can, whenever you can.”
― Patricia Briggs, Storm Cursed

“This is our territory,” I said, giving him the words he needed. “We don’t allow black magic in our territory.”
― Patricia Briggs, Storm Cursed

“Witchbane,” he said. “Witch’s Spawn.” He grimaced, or maybe he smiled. “Something like that, maybe. I forget.”
― Patricia Briggs, Storm Cursed

“Sometimes there is no way to make things better. There is only making it through.”
― Patricia Briggs, Storm Cursed

“Some people, me, get a black eye and other people ask "who beat you up?" Other people, Spielman, get a black eye and other people say "where did they bury the other guy?”
― Patricia Briggs, Storm Cursed

“Cain’s hairy titties,” muttered Ben, joining me in my observation of the rural setting. “What hermit was so misguided in life that he was hanging around this peopleless landscape at the bell end of the night and happened to see a freaking goblin disappear into a hay barn? And for that matter, goblins are city denizens like me. What the shagging hell is it doing out here?”
― Patricia Briggs, Storm Cursed

“They’re all dead,” Ruth wept, her hands in front of her face as if she could not bear what she’d seen. It reminded me oddly of the weeping angels from Doctor Who.”
― Patricia Briggs, Storm Cursed

“Then suddenly Coyote stopped, turned to me, grabbed me by my hands, looked into my eyes, and said, “Her name is Death.”
― Patricia Briggs, Storm Cursed

“Scaring people is fun,” said the witch, stepping out of the shadows about ten feet from the porch.”
― Patricia Briggs, Storm Cursed

“I expected Tad to continue teasing, but he turned grim instead. “Last time I left you alone here,” he said shortly and half-embarrassed, “you almost died. Not going to do that again anytime soon.”
― Patricia Briggs, Storm Cursed

“The one who made that poor shadow is long dead.” The wolf in human-seeming almost glowed with power. “They have neither the learning nor the power to make him again. They would not have risked him if they had known who was here. I have made him free, my poor brother that was.”
― Patricia Briggs, Storm Cursed

“Bosses need to jump in the outhouse with the grunts occasionally. It's good for morale.”
― Patricia Briggs, Storm Cursed

“Usually I was among the first to go--due to my special high-value target status as She Who Makes Treats as Soon as She Dies.”
― Patricia Briggs, Storm Cursed

“I have noticed that people who listen to their instincts live longer.”
― Patricia Briggs, Storm Cursed

“One by one, two by two, the Hardesty witches are traveling through. With a storm of curses, they call from their tomes; they will drink your blood and dine on your bones.”
― Patricia Briggs, Storm Cursed

“Gruesome as it was, I had to admit the head was easier to pack into the Jetta than a whole body would have been, especially since there was no upholstery or carpet in the space where (hopefully) someday a backseat would reside.”
― Patricia Briggs, Storm Cursed

“Even knowing that David Bowie is gone, I am giddy about this.” He said all that in a very dry, professional tone.”
― Patricia Briggs, Storm Cursed

“Maybe leave it for the ugly thing that your pack’s witch has become.”
― Patricia Briggs, Storm Cursed

“I am Elizaveta Arkadyevna Vyshnevetskaya, of house Kikimora. I can trace my bloodline a thousand years.”
― Patricia Briggs, Storm Cursed

“It hasn’t been out in a good long time,” said Zee. “It’s a little giddy.” “Giddy,” I said.”
― Patricia Briggs, Storm Cursed

“They tried to take us once before,” she said, watching him narrowly. “The Hardesty witches. Some sacrifices were necessary to ensure our survival.”
― Patricia Briggs, Storm Cursed

“The group of rogue Cantrip agents that kidnapped the pack in order to make you go assassinate their target had a list, didn’t they?”
― Patricia Briggs, Storm Cursed

“Coyote’s Daughter,” he said. “We shall sing them to the great death.”
― Patricia Briggs, Storm Cursed

“As for other mischief—my song has claimed this place for now. No evil may enter without invitation. They cannot come in.” He glanced beyond us, behind Adam and me, toward the basement. “Not for a while.”
― Patricia Briggs, Storm Cursed

“They have no more,” Sherwood said, his eyes wolf-bright and his voice nearly guttural.”
― Patricia Briggs, Storm Cursed

“That swipe had more in common with a bear’s attack than a timber wolf’s. If it hit me, it could kill me with a single blow.”
― Patricia Briggs, Storm Cursed