It was complicated. I understood it, mostly, but I had to think a little sideways to do it.

Never accept the blame for what evil people do. We are all responsible for our own actions.

Dance when the moon sings, and don't cry about troubles that haven't yet come. (Moon Called)

Paranoia: the gift of the survivor and the burden of the overtired, stressed, and terrified.

I am the reality of all coyotes. The archetype. The epitome. You are just a reflection of me.

Fortunately, he'd found that most people were easy to locate at five thirty in the morning. .

Mmm, he rumbled into my ear. I thought that being married meant that I never go to bed hungry.

Maybe I should go back to teaching school about crazy people instead of being one. (Jim Alvin)

It is not wise to give something old and powerful something they care about. And I am very old.

I was too busy fighting the river to worry about adjusting my beliefs in accordance to reality.

New rules. If you are smart enough to live, you won’t hit Charles’s mate in front of his father.

Time was such an odd thing. One moment you could talk to someone, then suddenly, they were gone.

Identity was partly heritage, partly upbringing, but mostly the choices you make in life. ~ Bran

To make great art, you had to expose your soul, and some things should be left safely in the dark.

Mercy," said my mother thoughtfully, "you never told me your werewolf neighbor was quite that hot.

Over the years, she'd learned not to question him to closely—mostly because he wouldn't answer her.

Usually the people I do know are sufficient to spawn any number of nightmares without inventing any.

Dragons and legends...It would have been difficult for any man not to want to fight beside a dragon.

The devout belief that the world is explainable is both a terrible vulnerability and a stout shield.

You'd tell the world what your best friend wore to sleep if you thought it made a good enough story.

When a man is on the verge of passing out from pain, it seemed wrong to notice how beautiful he was.

She tried to imagine what Charles would do if another man came up to him and said, "You bring me joy.

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

She'd never have allowed herself to be held by anything as mundane as a few bars and a reinforced door

He was obviously dead. But since he was a vampire that wasn't as hopless a thing as it might have been.

I would slay dragons for you,” he told her. “I suspect that finding an unoccupied bedroom will be easier.

I'm a coyote shapeshifter playing in a world of werewolves and vampires---outmatched is n understatement.

Americans in particular are oddly innocent in their faith that science holds explanations for everything.

People as old and powerful as he should never be given someone to love. For Anna he would destroy the world.

Coyote never loses. Because I change the rules of the games my enemies play. What are the rules of your game?

He loved her beyond all reason and didn't expect her to love him back. He was just waiting for her to wise up.

It is hard to accept being different, hard to have people avoid looking at you, and still believe in yourself.

His grandfather had often told him that he tried too hard to move trees when a wiser man would walk around them.

Vampire politics make the very complicated dance of manners that is werewolf protocol look like the Hokey Pokey.

The Elders were closer to the Maker of All Things and should be deferred to whenever they made their will known.

Mercy is not a proper Indian name."..........."Rash Coyote Who Runs With Wolf. We could shorten it to Dinner Woman.

People who know other people’s secrets can’t afford to do things that impair their ability to control their mouths.

We are none of us perfect, and...we learn to take these imperfections and make them only a small part of who we are

The main thing to remember is that making love is at onces the silliest and the most sacred act humans can perform.

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

You forgot the ‘my precious,’” Anna said dryly. “If you want to act like a freaking nutcase, you have to do it right.

Tim was dead. And he's always been a loser. I'd be damned if I was going to be the victim of a loser - or anyone else.

If she kept wondering about how much of her life Bran engineered, she’d end up on a funny farm knitting caps for ducks.

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

Werewolf games,' Mercy said solemnly, 'play for keeps, or go home.' She was so cute sometimes it made Adam's heart hurt.

She open her eyes and met his. The impact was so strong he was amazed that his figures continued playing with out pause.

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.

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

I like to have a hero a little underpowered. I mean, Spiderman is far cooler than Superman. How do you challenge Superman?

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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