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Dead Heat (Alpha & Omega #4, Mercy Thompson World - Complete #11) QUOTES

Dead Heat (Alpha & Omega #4, Mercy Thompson World - Complete #11) QUOTES

1 " I don't say goodbye very easily, Anna. Not gracefully or prettily.Goodbye tears your heart out and leaves it a feast for carrion birds who happen by. "

― Patricia Briggs , Dead Heat (Alpha & Omega #4, Mercy Thompson World - Complete #11)

2 " ...The Arabs I rode herding cattle with your father in the fifties and sixties would do a full day’s work for twenty years, seven days a week, and retire sound.” He snorted. “The drive now is for pretty lawn ornaments. The Arabian horses were originally bred as weapons of war, and now they are artwork. "

― Patricia Briggs , Dead Heat (Alpha & Omega #4, Mercy Thompson World - Complete #11)

3 " Charles asked me to stay here, she said, rather than confronting Hosteen with his lie. "You aren't my Alpha-and even if you were, he can't make me do anything, either." She tappef herself in the chest with one of her needles and half sang, "Omega. Me." Dropping into her own voice she said, "As an Omega wolf, I don't have the urge to obey you. At all. Not even the tiniest bit. Don't worry, it makes the Merrick crazy too. "

― Patricia Briggs , Dead Heat (Alpha & Omega #4, Mercy Thompson World - Complete #11)

4 " But that is the dual gift of love, isn’t it? The joy of greeting and the sorrow of good-bye. "

― Patricia Briggs , Dead Heat (Alpha & Omega #4, Mercy Thompson World - Complete #11)

5 " If you make my children, make any child, feel bad for who they are, I will teach you why people fear mama grizzlies more than papa grizzlies. "

― Patricia Briggs , Dead Heat (Alpha & Omega #4, Mercy Thompson World - Complete #11)

6 " It comes with being a teenager—you inspire violence in the hearts of those who love you. It mostly goes away when you hit twenty. "

― Patricia Briggs , Dead Heat (Alpha & Omega #4, Mercy Thompson World - Complete #11)

7 " The Arabians might not suit you; they don’t suit everyone. They are like cats: vain, beautiful, and intelligent. But you deal well enough with Asil, who is also vain, beautiful, and intelligent. "

― Patricia Briggs , Dead Heat (Alpha & Omega #4, Mercy Thompson World - Complete #11)

8 " I’ve heard that Vlad the Impaler established without a doubt that having a stick up one’s ass was detrimental to one’s health. And I am very interested in keeping you healthy. "

― Patricia Briggs , Dead Heat (Alpha & Omega #4, Mercy Thompson World - Complete #11)

9 " His arm pulled her a little off balance, and paradoxically it steadied her at the same time. That was what Charles did to her heart, too. He knocked it off balance into what felt like the right position, a safe place that was still exciting, exhilarating, and terrifying. "

― Patricia Briggs , Dead Heat (Alpha & Omega #4, Mercy Thompson World - Complete #11)

10 " Love,” he said, “is always a risk, isn’t it? I’ve always thought that there were no certainties in life, but I was wrong. Love is a certainty. And love always gives more than it takes. "

― Patricia Briggs , Dead Heat (Alpha & Omega #4, Mercy Thompson World - Complete #11)

11 " Too much knowledge can make you paranoid all the time, "

― Patricia Briggs , Dead Heat (Alpha & Omega #4, Mercy Thompson World - Complete #11)

12 " It’ll take years of therapy. Probably for all of us: a long uphill battle. But we’re still on the field fighting the good fight, battered and beaten though we are, and I understand just what a great gift that is. "

― Patricia Briggs , Dead Heat (Alpha & Omega #4, Mercy Thompson World - Complete #11)

13 " Truth has many facets. Choose the ones that make her happy to be alive instead of the ones that make her want to smack you. "

― Patricia Briggs , Dead Heat (Alpha & Omega #4, Mercy Thompson World - Complete #11)

14 " You need to understand something," she said intently. "Charles is my husband. You can't have him. Mine. Not yours. There are lots of nice, unattachment men out there, I'm sure. Pick one of them and you might live longer." Then her body relaxed and her voice regained its usual cheeriness. "Thank you for your time, Ms. Newman. "

― Patricia Briggs , Dead Heat (Alpha & Omega #4, Mercy Thompson World - Complete #11)

15 " It was discouraging how quickly the beginnings of a sweater turned into a loose pile of yarn. "

― Patricia Briggs , Dead Heat (Alpha & Omega #4, Mercy Thompson World - Complete #11)

16 " We know," she whispered to him. "We who have been hurt, we know what evil looks like. We know you make us safe. "

― Patricia Briggs , Dead Heat (Alpha & Omega #4, Mercy Thompson World - Complete #11)

17 " xeriscaped "

― Patricia Briggs , Dead Heat (Alpha & Omega #4, Mercy Thompson World - Complete #11)

18 " He did not enjoy the sorrow, but he would not have missed the years that he and Joseph were friends, either. Such joy was worth a little sorrow. "

― Patricia Briggs , Dead Heat (Alpha & Omega #4, Mercy Thompson World - Complete #11)

19 " mores "

― Patricia Briggs , Dead Heat (Alpha & Omega #4, Mercy Thompson World - Complete #11)

20 " It’s easier to be horrible if you can squash everyone who tries to stop you. "

― Patricia Briggs , Dead Heat (Alpha & Omega #4, Mercy Thompson World - Complete #11)