Quotes from River Marked

“Nothing says you're sorry like a dead bunny.”
― Patricia Briggs, quote from River Marked

“He was like Superman, but with fangs and oddly impaired morals.”
― Patricia Briggs, quote from River Marked

“Mercy is not a proper Indian name."..........."Rash Coyote Who Runs With Wolf. We could shorten it to Dinner Woman.”
― Patricia Briggs, quote from River Marked

“Take a note: it usually works better if you wait until I do something stupid before getting mad at me.”
― Patricia Briggs, quote from River Marked

“Wolves eat coyotes," Gordon said[...] If he weren't an old man, I had some rude things I could have said to that.

"Yes," observed Adam blandly. "I do."

Yep. That was the one that came to mind. And he didn't even blush when he said it. Maybe Gordon would miss the double entendre. But he grinned cheerfully at Adam.”
― Patricia Briggs, quote from River Marked

“I can turn into a coyote," I said. "My mom tells me I must get it from my father."

Calvin's jaw dropped, then his face froze. "Your mother was a white woman," he said urgently. "You can't turn into a coyote."

"Can, too," I said indignantly. It was one thing for me to tell him he was lying--I knew I was right. It was an entirely different matter for him to tell me I was lying.

"Can't."

"Can."

"Can't"

"Can, too."

"Mercy," Adam said with an exaggerated patience tinged with humor. He knew I was doing it on purpose. That was okay but he wasn't angry anymore.

"Cannot," said Calvin.

"Knock it off, both of you. Neither of you is five.”
― Patricia Briggs, quote from River Marked

“No-pocket jeans are only slightly less irritating than thong underwear.”
― Patricia Briggs, quote from River Marked

“He stopped what he was doing and pulled out his magic phone.

Okay, the phone wasn't magic, but it does things my computer struggles with.”
― Patricia Briggs, quote from River Marked

“I woke in the morning to the sound of Adam's stomach growling under my ear.

"Sorry," he said. "Too many changes and not enough food."

I patted his hard belly and kissed it. "Poor thing," I told it. "Doesn't Adam treat you right? No worries, I'll go feed you."

My head bounced when Adam laughed.”
― Patricia Briggs, quote from River Marked

“Someday, I'm going to meet some supernatural creature who tells me everything I should know up front and in a forthright manner - but I'm not going to hold my breath.”
― Patricia Briggs, quote from River Marked

“Things change whether you want them to, or not--unless you are dead. Don't hold so hard to the past that you die with it.”
― Patricia Briggs, quote from River Marked

“I like that people can just look at you and know that you are taken, that you are mine.” He closed his eyes and laughed. “And yes, I know that sentiment is at the top of the Women’s Liberation Movement’s list of things not to say to a modern woman.”
― Patricia Briggs, quote from River Marked

“Mine. He was mine, and not even death would take him from me—not if I could help it.”
― Patricia Briggs, quote from River Marked

“Are we going to Portland?" I asked. "Or Multnomah Falls?"

He smiled at me. "Go to sleep."

I waited three seconds. "Are we there yet?"

His smile widened, and the last of the usual tension melted from his face. For a smile like that, I'd...do anything.”
― Patricia Briggs, quote from River Marked

“Trouble seems to follow me around, waiting to club me with a tire iron.”
― Patricia Briggs, quote from River Marked

“Son of a bitch. I would kill him. I didn't care if he was Coyote or the son of Satan. He was a dead man walking.”
― Patricia Briggs, quote from River Marked

“Death is not such a bad thing. What would be a bad thing would be living without challenges. Without knowing defeat, we cannot know what victory is. There is no life without death.”
― Patricia Briggs, quote from River Marked

“Mmm, he rumbled into my ear. I thought that being married meant that I never go to bed hungry.”
― Patricia Briggs, quote from River Marked

“Mercy," he said,"in a fair fight between near equals, I'll back you every time. It's the demons, vampires, and river devils I worry about, and I'm working on that.”
― Patricia Briggs, quote from River Marked

“All change brings bad things and good things to replace the bad and good things that were before. It is natural to look back and say it was better before—but that does not make it true. Different is not worse. It is just different.”
― Patricia Briggs, quote from River Marked

“Some of the fae have an odd idea of bride send-offs," he explained "including, according to Zee, kidnapping." "I forgot about that." And I was appalled because I knew better. "Bran and Samuel are probably more of a danger than any of the fae," I told him. "Someday, I'll tell you about some of the more spectaculare wedding antics Samuel's told me about." Some of them made kidnapping look mild.”
― Patricia Briggs, quote from River Marked

“I used my history degree about twice a year whether I needed to or not.”
― Patricia Briggs, quote from River Marked

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

“Feeling scared yet? Want to go somewhere safe?" "It won't help, will it? We'd just run into Godzilla or the Vampire from Hell. Trouble just follows you around." "Hey, Trouble. Let's find out what your mysterious Indian wanted us to know.”
― Patricia Briggs, quote from River Marked

“I suppose we must work on being gracious and grateful until we can do for ourselves. Someday the wheel of fate will put us in a position to be of use to them, and we will remember how much easier it is to give help than it is to accept it.”
― Patricia Briggs, quote from River Marked

“I didn't like anyone except me having their hands all over him. There had been possession in Wolf's touch, and Adam belonged to me.”
― Patricia Briggs, quote from River Marked

“Usually the people I do know are sufficient to spawn any number of nightmares without inventing any.”
― Patricia Briggs, quote from River Marked

“You okay now ?" he asked.
"Okay."
He tightened his arms and lifted me off my feet. "Mercy?" he growled into my ear. I wrapped my legs around his waist. " Yeah" , I said. "Me too.”
― Patricia Briggs, quote from River Marked

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