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“These are our promise to you," I told Jesse, "that we'll do our best to get back to you if we can. That we will do our best and expect the same from you."
"That's my Mercy, " Adam said. "Not too good with words until it counts. And then she'll pull the rug right out from under you."
Jesse blinked hard and gave Adam a "help me" look out of her watery eyes.
He grinned at her. "Just remember whose daughter you are," he said. "And whose daughter she is." He tipped his chin at me.”
― Patricia Briggs, Fire Touched

“After that, my life paused. Or, more accurately, I paused. I stood at the tracks, watching the train whip past. At first, I didn't care. When I finally did, I couldn't figure out what to do about it. My dreams and my future and part of my soul died with Michael, but now, deep inside, a voice has begun to scream that I'm letting the best years of my life slip past.”
― Kelley Armstrong, A Stitch in Time

“You come home, Daddy," she told him. "I love my mother, but if I have to live with her for very long, one of us will commit a homicide. And you bring Mercy and the pip-squeak back.”
― Patricia Briggs, Fire Touched

“Don't dwell on what isn't here. Dwell on what is. A perfumed breeze, hot tea, rich biscuits, a warm blanket, a purring kitten. And me. That last is the hardest. Focus on being in the moment with myself, comfortable in my own company.”
― Kelley Armstrong, A Stitch in Time