My novel 'Wolf Brother' is set in northern Scandinavia during the late Stone Age, so I was aware from the start of Norse influences. I used some Norse names, and the soul-eater Thiazzi is based on the Norse storm giant, Thiassi.


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I was going to kiss him, and I was going to regret it. But at that moment, I couldn't bring myself t...
MICHELLE HODKIN
Have you kissed many boys before?" he asked quietly.
His question brought my mind back into fo...
MICHELLE HODKIN
When the waiter brought the cheese-board, there was a large carrot carved in the shape of a mermaid ...
MICHELLE LOVRIC
You can be our Gandalf,” I said, remembering our conversation from weeks ago, and smiling.
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MICHELLE HODKIN
Pain is just a feeling, and feelings aren't real.
MICHELLE HODKIN
I stifled a yawn. "It's too early to be such an asshat, Daniel.
MICHELLE HODKIN
You could start a fire with the heat between you two."
"You're mistaking bitter animosity for h...
MICHELLE HODKIN
I want a president with a record of public service, someone whose life's work shows our children...
MICHELLE OBAMA
He saw the kind of beauty yellow flowers have growing over a carpet of dead leaves. The beauty of cr...
MICHELLE CUEVAS
I call my tiki bar my tiki office, even though I also entertain out here all the time. This beautifu...
MICHELLE PHILLIPS
I'm not really interested in sports psychology. It makes me feel like a crazy person.
MICHELLE WIE
Action shouldn't just be seeing all those crashes. You can blow up a cathedral; next time you bl...
MICHELLE YEOH
Not being afraid to be wrong - I had to learn how to do that.
MICHELLE OBAMA
Sometimes, being a girl away from home - it gets to you.
MICHELLE YEOH
I was a massive fan of 'Twin Peaks.' Massive. I don't know how any of us grew up in this...
MICHELLE FORBES
With each book, you get better as a writer. There is no back door to the industry. Read in the genre...
MICHELLE MORAN
Being president isn't anything like reality TV. It's not about sending insulting tweets or m...
MICHELLE OBAMA
My experiences at Princeton have made me far more aware of my 'blackness' than ever before. ...
MICHELLE OBAMA
Writers can take offense when someone asks what's real or autobiographical in our work because, ...
MICHELLE HUNEVEN
It's like, remember who you always were, where you came from, who your parents were, how they ra...
MICHELLE OBAMA
For me, education has never been simply a policy issue - it's personal. Neither of my parents an...
MICHELLE OBAMA
One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebo...
MICHELLE OBAMA
9/11 was a deliberate, carefully planned evil act of the long-waged war on the West by Koran-inspire...
MICHELLE MALKIN
My dad and I had been close - he called me Tuyet Bang, Vietnamese for 'avalanche,' because o...
MICHELLE PHAN
As a mom, I know it is my responsibility, and no one else's, to raise my kids. But we have to as...
MICHELLE OBAMA
Whatever happens, I'll just keep moving forward. Like an avalanche.
MICHELLE PHAN
I think the thing that I admire about Rick Santorum is that he hasn't backed down or apologized ...
MICHELLE MALKIN
I say this everywhere I go: I admire and respect Hillary. She has been a lawyer, a law professor, Fi...
MICHELLE OBAMA
As a young girl, I loved having stories read to me. There is something magical about narration and v...
MICHELLE PHAN
In artillery exercises, women always win because they're more accurate.
MICHELLE BACHELET
We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own 'to do' list.
MICHELLE OBAMA
Women in particular need to keep an eye on their physical and mental health, because if we're sc...
MICHELLE OBAMA
I wish every American had an opportunity to sit down, to go to a base, to meet with families, to mee...
MICHELLE OBAMA
When I'm having a bad day, I pick up my guitar.
MICHELLE BRANCH
Talent and effort, combined with our various backgrounds and life experiences, has always been the l...
MICHELLE OBAMA
See, that's why Barack's running: to end the war in Iraq responsibly - to build an economy t...
MICHELLE OBAMA
And Barack and I were raised with so many of the same values, like you work hard for what you want i...
MICHELLE OBAMA
Hillary doesn't play. She has more experience and exposure to the presidency than any candidate ...
MICHELLE OBAMA