Patricia Briggs Quotes

Mother always said that even when I was 3, I used to get the 6- and 7-year-old kids on the block and punch them and say, 'Listen to me.'

I'm an alpha male.

I feel like big men don't like it when they're getting fronted by smaller guys and they just staying real, real aggressive.

If you have to fight a crowd of boys, it's best to go for the biggest one. That way you won't have to fight them all. The others will see that you mean business and you will win their respect.

Well I have a microphone and you don't so you will listen to every damn word I have to say!

Move on over or we'll move on over you.

It's not everybody that can handle firing Denzel Washington or coming to blows and saying, 'This is what's happening because I said so.' Usually, it's the reverse.

Don't know how much of an Alpha I am.

I ain't asking no one to fight. I've got my throne. If you want it, come see me.

If they're acting like a dog, sometimes you're forced to treat people like dogs.

I'm right and you're wrong, I'm big and you're small, and there's nothing you can do about it.

Rachel,” came a raspy voice from the upper level, and both Trent and I turned. It was Quen, wrapped in a blanket as if it was a death shroud, the black-haired intern at his side, supporting him. His hair was plastered to his skull with sweat, and I could see him wavering as he stood there. “Don’t touch Trenton,” he said, his gravelly voice clear in the hush, “or I’m going to have to come down there…and smack you around.

Looking away is submissive. Looking [..] in the eye is a challenge.

Disrespect is the weapon of the weak

Tabitha blinked innocently. "Why is your consort speaking to me without my having addressed him first?" she asked Kaia. "Have you not taught him the proper order of things?" So the little man wasn't supposed to speak to the women folk without an invitation? Screw that. "Just stay out of my head, Harpy, or I'll make sure you regret it. By the way, how's the leg?" She hissed at him. Win!

Stop playing verbal games with me, madam, or I shall go out into that ballroom, find your mother, and bring her here

On the bright side," Percy said, "both Jason and I outrank you, Octavian. So we can both tell you to shut up.

This alpha dog is not going to take it lying down next time.

We know that the great majority of people have a strong need for authority which it can admire, to which it can submit, and which dominates and sometimes even ill-treats it.

A dominant wolf's desire to protect was a strong instinct- Samuel was very dominant. Give him an inch, and he's take over the world- my life, if I let him. Mercy

Authority is 20% given and 80% taken...so take it!

It must be because you're so approachable", I say flatly. "You know, like a bed of nails." He stares at me, and I don't look away. He isn't a dog but the same rules apply. Looking away is submissive. Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It's my choice. Heat rushes into my cheeks. What will happen when this tension breaks? But he just says, "Careful, Tris.

Power is not something that can be assumed or discarded at will like underwear.

How would you like to find out how good my right is?

I like the men to wear the pants. I don't want to wear the pants. I like men who know what they want, know what they're doing, make their own decisions... As much as I like to be the controller, it's not in my best interest.