Mary Comyn > Mary's Quotes

“The human body is an amazing organism. It can go from dead tired to completely alert in a terrified blink.”
― Ilona Andrews, Questing Beast

“If the sky could dream, it would dream of dragons.”
― Ilona Andrews, Fate's Edge

“Living in your dreams meant bitter disappointment when you woke up.”
― Ilona Andrews, On the Edge

“There is no such thing as privacy between a deity and his worshipper. There are no secrets, no glossed-over failures. Only promises kept and abandoned, sins committed and imagined, and raw emotion. How many of us are ready to have our lives judged? What would happen if we were found wanting?”
― Ilona Andrews, Magic Burns

“They hold a grudge like it was their family treasure.”
― Ilona Andrews, Bayou Moon

“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

“I don't break; I bounce.”
― Patricia Briggs, River Marked

“He sighed. "I don't think an apology will do, Mercy. Because an apology implies that you wouldn't do it again. And, under the circumstances, you wouldn't do anything differently, would you?

"No.”
― Patricia Briggs

“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.”
― Patricia Briggs, Cry Wolf

“His voice was soft and sweet as molasses; but my mother once told me that you had to trust that the first thing out of a person's mouth was 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 that will get the results they want.”
― Patricia Briggs, Moon Called

“Mercy?”

“Just a minute,” I told Adam. “I'm in the middle of a revelation.”
― Patricia Briggs, Bone Crossed

“I hope this means you'll quit asking me to kill you. It gives me indigestion.”
― Patricia Briggs, Cry Wolf

“My will broke at the sound of his voice, and my head turned
with as much inevitability as a sunflower turning its face to
the sun.”
― Patricia Briggs, Silver Borne

“My father said that a silent person is trying to hide something.”
― Patricia Briggs, Raven's Shadow

“To make great art, you had to expose your soul, and some things should be left safely in the dark.”
― Patricia Briggs, Hunting Ground

“I can't protect you from knowledge.”
― Patricia Briggs, Dragon Bones

“You will eat this and go to sleep, so your pronouns get their antecedents back.”
― Patricia Briggs, Frost Burned

“It is not wise to give something old and powerful something they care about. And I am very old.”
― Patricia Briggs, Fair Game

“It was complicated. I understood it, mostly, but I had to think a little sideways to do it.”
― Patricia Briggs, River Marked

“Rumor exaggerates.”
― Patricia Briggs, Dragon Blood

“Um. Charles thinks that his wolf has chosen me as his mate."

"In less than one full day?" It did sound dumb when he said it that way.

"Yes." She couldn't keep the uncertainty out of her voice, though, and it bothered Charles. He rolled to his feet and growled softly.

"Charles also said I was an Omega wolf," she told his father. "That might have something to do with it as well."

Silence lengthened and she began to think that the cell phone might have dropped the connection. Then the Marrok laughed softly. "Oh his brother is going to tease him unmercifully about this.”
― Patricia Briggs, On the Prowl

“He had lived a very long time, and only since he gained Anna had he learned to fear. He’d discovered that he had never been brave before—just indifferent. She had taught him that to be brave, you have to fear losing something.”
― Patricia Briggs, Fair Game

“If there was such evil in the world, was it possible that there was good, too?”
― Patricia Briggs, Raven's Strike

“We are none of us perfect, and...we learn to take these imperfections and make them only a small part of who we are”
― Patricia Briggs, Bone Crossed

“Americans in particular are oddly innocent in their faith that science holds explanations for everything.”
― Patricia Briggs, Blood Bound

“Obstreperous, ‘huh,” said Tad. “I see you’ve been using that Big Word of the Day calendar I got you last Christmas.”

“That is irrefragable,” I told him solemnly.”
― Patricia Briggs, Frost Burned

“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.”
― Patricia Briggs, Moon Called

“Zee said, grumpily, “Liebling, this is not a good idea.”
“Zee,” I told him, “I am completely out of good ideas and am doing my best with the bad ones I have left.”
― Patricia Briggs, Frost Burned