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Frasi di Patricia Briggs

Patricia Briggs , scrittrice statunitense.

✵ 28. Febbraio 1965
Patricia Briggs: 195 citazioni0 Mi piace

Patricia Briggs: Frasi in inglese

“Some people are like Slinkies. They aren't really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to my face when I push them down a flight of stairs.”

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Patricia Briggs libro Iron Kissed

Origine: Iron Kissed

“Women are the bloodthirsty sex," said Ric sadly. "We get the reputation, but it is only because the women stand behind us, and say, 'Kill it. Squish it.”

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Patricia Briggs libro Hunting Ground

Origine: Hunting Ground

“Why is it that all cars are women?" he asked.

"Because they're fussy and demanding," answered Zee.

"Because if they were men, they'd sit around and complain instead of getting the job done," I told him.”

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Patricia Briggs libro Silver Borne

Origine: Silver Borne

“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.”

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Patricia Briggs libro Blood Bound

Origine: Blood Bound

“Love thy enemies, it says in the scriptures. My foster mother always added, "At the very least, you will be polite to them.”

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Patricia Briggs libro Moon Called

Origine: Moon Called

“Anger is stupid, and stupidity will kill you more surely than your opponent's blade.”

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Origine: Dragon Bones

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

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“Nothing says you're sorry like a dead bunny.”

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Patricia Briggs libro River Marked

Origine: River Marked

“Over a lifetime of dealing with difficult women, I have learned it is often better to give into their demands immediately.”

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Origine: When Demons Walk

“A second floor window opened, and Kyle stuck his head and shoulders out so he could look down at us. “If you two are finished playing Cowboy and Indian out there, some of us would like to get their beauty sleep.”

I looked at Warren. “You heard ‘um Kemo Sabe. Me go to my little wigwam and get ‘um shut-eye.”

“How come you always get to play the Indian?” whined Warren, deadpan.

“Cause she’s the Indian, white boy,” said Kyle.”

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Patricia Briggs libro Iron Kissed

Origine: Iron Kissed

“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.”

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Origine: Masques

“Bran was the only person I knew who could use words like "blackguard" and make them sound like swear words-but then he could have said "bunny rabbit" in that tone of voice and weaken my spine with the same shiver of fear.”

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Patricia Briggs libro Moon Called

Origine: Moon Called

“Take a note: it usually works better if you wait until I do something stupid before getting mad at me.”

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Patricia Briggs libro River Marked

Origine: River Marked

“Bran was stripping her futon down to the bare mattress when she entered her apartment. It was sort of like watching the president mowing the White House lawn or taking out the trash.”

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Patricia Briggs libro Cry Wolf

Origine: Cry Wolf

“I don't break; I bounce.”

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Patricia Briggs libro River Marked

Origine: River Marked

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

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Patricia Briggs libro Frost Burned

Origine: Frost Burned

“MS. THOMPSON, it said in heavy block letters, PLEASE KEEP YOUR FELINE OFF MY PROPERTY. IF I SEE IT AGAIN, I WILL EAT IT.”

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Patricia Briggs libro Moon Called

Origine: Moon Called

“I don't like it when I outweigh my men.”

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Patricia Briggs libro Moon Called

Origine: Moon Called

“Mine," he said.

Adam's eyes narrowed. "I don't think so. She is mine."

It would have been flattering, I thought, except that at least one of them was talking about dinner and I wasn't certain about the other.”

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Patricia Briggs libro Moon Called

Origine: Moon Called

“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.”

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Patricia Briggs libro Bone Crossed

Origine: Bone Crossed

“Only cowards torture women.”

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Origine: Raven's Shadow

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

“Scooby-Doo is already taken,” he said with dignity. “Anything else sounds lame in comparison.”

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Patricia Briggs libro Bone Crossed

Origine: Bone Crossed

“Some people are boys longer than others.”

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Patricia Briggs libro Iron Kissed

Origine: Iron Kissed

“Dance when the moon sings, and don't cry about troubles that haven't yet come.”

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Patricia Briggs libro Moon Called

Origine: Moon Called

“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.”

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Patricia Briggs libro Moon Called

Origine: Moon Called