Then he’d come back home and found out that war didn’t cause fear- love did.

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.

We who are dominant tend to think of that aspect of being a werewolf as rank: who is obeyed, who is to obey. Dominant and submissive. But it is also who is to protect and...

Such a small thing to cause so much trouble.

When we’re telling ghost stories around a campfire, and I want to scare you.

People will do amazing things to ensure their survival.

No, really,” I said. “Now that we know that Flores is really this nasty, fiery, superpowerful nothing-can-kill-me demon from hell, maybe we should consider just giving Christy to him?

My grandfather would have loved to have met you,” he told her huskily. “He would have called you ‘She Moves Trees Out of His Path.’ ” She looked lost, but his da laughed. He’d known...

The best way for me to protect you is to encourage you to be able to protect yourself.

Don’t lick the guests, darling. Bad manners.

This world has need of song and sword.

but if you don’t get out of my way right this instant, it won’t matter.”Adam was the Alpha werewolf in charge of the local pack. He was tough. He could be mean when he had...

It’s easier to dismiss ghosts in the daylight.

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

You can’t cage an eagle for long without destroying it.

Evil must always be fought.

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...

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

When life doesn’t meet your expectations, it was important to take it with grace.

All life is rife with possibilities. Seeds have possibilities, but all their tomorrows are caught by the patterning of their life cycle. Animals have possibilities that are greater than that of a fir tree or...

Jumping Jehoshaphat. O Holy Night.

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

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

Knowledge is a better weapon than a sword.

Some people will tell you werewolves can only shapechange under a full moon, but people also say there’s no such things as ghosts.

Love,”he said.”is always a risk,isnt it?I’ve always thought that there were no uncertainties but I was wrong.Love is a certainity.And love always gives more then it takes.

I like her just the way she is, Bran.” And he meant it, greasy overalls, broken fingernails, and all.

Why is it that all cars are women?” he asked. “Because they’re fussy and demanding,” answered Zee. “Because if they were men, they’d sit around and complain instead of getting the job done,” I told...

The hardest memory of slavery that Rialla had to bear was not the lack of freedom; it was the lack of desiring freedom.

If there was such evil in the world, was it possible that there was good, too?

Honey will wipe the floor with you.” His eyes went half-mast, and his voice dropped in evident pleasure. “I know.

You make me laugh,” he told me seriously.

The only certainty life contains is death.

A man’s immortality can be found in his children.

This was not a man who wanted to give up his mate. This was a man trying to do the honorable thing—and give her a choice, no matter hiw much it cost him.

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

I can’t protect you from knowledge.

And to think I was always worried that you didn’t have any friends. I suppose I should have been counting my blessings.

Food was good, company better, and if I had been a cat, I’d have preferred.

Then Walter died as he lived, he told his mate. A hero, a soldier, and a survivor who chose to protect what was precious to him. I don’t think, if you could ask him, that...

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

A man says a lot of things in summer he doesn’t mean in winter.

And there are some birds that stay year-round. Sometimes when the wind is still and the cold is upon us, the quiet is so deep you can feel it in your bones.

Take it from me, anyone who lives with you is occasionally going to wonder who your liver might taste, and not because they are hungry. It comes with being a teenager – you inspire violence...

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.

Survivors can’t always choose their methods.

You cannot sacrifice the world for your children.

He was like Superman, but with fangs and oddly impaired morals.

Mercy,” he mumbled. “What the hell did you do to my French Roast?

I used my history degree about twice a year whether I needed to or not.