I wish I worried about my uncle's opinions, and had problems to work out with my mom. Hell, I'd settle for knowing what her voice sounded like. I put a hand on her shoulder. Trite but true—you don't k...
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 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...
God save me from idealists.
Everyone is down on pain, because they forget something important about it: Pain is for the living. Only the dead don't feel it.
I hate what you represent."... "Power without conviction." Isana replied, her tone lifeless, matter of fact. "Ambition without conscience. Decent folk suffer at the hands of those like you.
Well, I never been to much school, you understand, but it seems to me that you're assuming something you shouldn't assume... that God sees the world like you do; one thing at a time, from just one spo...
My laboratory,' I said, experimentally, drawing out each syllable. 'Why is it that saying it like that always makes me want to follow it with 'mwoo-hah-hah-hahhhhh'? ''You were overexposed to Hammer F...
Murphyonic?Sure, Butters said. You exude a Murphyonic field. Anything that can go wrong does.
Life is a journey. Time is a river. The door is ajar
Just remember that you're on my list, Marcone. Soon as I get done with all the other evils in this town, you won't be the lesser of them anymore.Marcone stared at me with half-lidded eyes and said, Ee...
I was seducing shepherdesses when you weren't a twinkle in your great-grandcestor's eyes. I think I know what I'm doing.
You need to know where to go,' Sanya said.'Yes,''And you are going to consult four large pizzas for guidance.''Yes,' I said....'There is, I think, humour here which does not translate well from Englis...
Wizards and computers get along about as well as flamethrowers and libraries.
Still going with the phallic foci, eh? Staff and rod?They make me feel all manly.
Sometimes I forget how much I like riding the bike. Most chicks do, I said. Roar of the engine and so on.Murphy's blue eyes glittered with annoyance and anticipation. Pig. You really enjoy dropping al...
Shame, child, is for those who fail to live up to the ideal of what they believe they should be. She waved her hand. It was shame that drove me to my queen, to beseech her aid. Her long, delicate fing...
For the sake of one soul. For one loved one. For one life. I called power into my blasting rod, and its tip glowed incandescent white. The way I see it, there's nothing else worth fighting a war for.
Evil isn’t the real threat to the world. Stupid is just as destructive as Evil, maybe more so, and it’s a hell of a lot more common. What we really need is a crusade against Stupid. That might actuall...
Dresden’s not gone, I said. I touched a hand lightly to my brow. He’s here. I touched Will’s bare chest, on the left side. Here. Without him, without what he’s done over the years, you and I would nev...