I'd been in hairier situations than this one. Actually, it's sort of depressing, thinking how many times I'd been in them. But if experience had taught me anything, it was this: No matter how screwed...
I love you, Journeyman said to the lift crystal. He kissed it and spread his arms across its surface in an embrace. I love you, you big, beautiful beast. I want you to marry me. I want you to bear my...
I have a monster under my bed, and it's Mouse.
Finally, I said, very quietly, 'I don't know if I'm one of the good guys anymore.
Even in winter, the cold isn't always bitter, and not every day is cruel.
Sure, we'd faced some things as children that a lot of kids don't. Sure, Justin had qualified for his Junior de Sade Badge in his teaching methods for dealing with pain. We still hadn't learned, thoug...
To whom much is given, much is required.
Tropical trees had been planted throughout the room, along with bright flowering plants that were busy committing the olfactory floral equivalent of aggravated assault.
She is not a cookie. Neither is she a biscuit, a PopTart, Sweet TART, apple tart, or any other kind of pastry. She is my apprentice.
Monsters are born of pain, and grief, and loss, and anger. Your heart is full of them.--And?And it makes you vulnerable.
It is often very useful for others to think you less intelligent than you are, Benedict said, his tone amused. It works particularly well against those who aren't as intelligent as you in the first pl...
I witnessed the birth of time itself. I watched the mortal coil spring forth from perfect darkness. I watched the stars form, watched this world coalesce, watched as life was breathed into it and as y...
I know it's not thematically in tune with my new job and all, but I find it effective. Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day, I say. But set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life....
I admit, Morgan said with another withering look, it's no donut.
He gave me a severe look over his spectacles and said, as if he thought the words were deadly venom and might kill me, You are an untidy person.
Faeries like pizza? I asked.Oh, Harry, Toot said breathlessly. Haven't you ever had pizza before?Of course I have, I said.Toot looked wounded. And you didn't share?
Don't call me a dinosaur. It isn't fair to the dinosaurs. What did a dinosaur ever do to you?
Do you have a little white dress? I've had this deep-seated nurse fantasy about you, Murphy.
The best magic comes from the inside.
I choose my battles, Dresden. Not you. She looked up at me calmly. Let me put this in terms that will get through your skull: My friend is going to save a child from monsters. I'm going with him. That...