I'm not a philosopher, Harry, [Michael] said. But here's something for you to think about, at least. What goes around comes around. And sometimes you get what's coming around. He paused for a moment,...
I'd made the vampire cry. Great. I felt like a real superhero. Harry Dresden, breaker of monsters' hearts.
I once lost five years listening to a Pink Floyd album.
I lunged, low and quick, and drove about a foot of cold steel into his danglies. Hey, I don't care what kind of fearie or mortal or hideous creature you are. If you've got danglies, and can loose them...
I like dogs. They give Mister something to snack on.
I just stood there staring, because while I've seen a lot of weird things, I hadn't ever seen that.
I do business with many people over the course of centuries, and treachery is a bad long-term investment. It simply isn’t good business.
I can't believe I'm about to say this, I said. So think real careful about where this is coming from. Have you people ever considered *talking* when you've got a problem?
Harry. That’s not how one talks to young ladies in the South.
Good man always stands against that.
Fighting is never good. But sometimes necessary.
Everyone thinks magic is something different.
Does it hurt to be as suave as you, boss? It’s agonizing. Looks it.
Death is just one more Path. One you'll come to in time.
As I walked toward the front door, a little motion to the left caught my eye. Jenny Sells stood in the hallway, a silent wraith. She regarded me with luminous green eyes, like her mother’s, like the d...
All I said was, I miss you.
The cab of the truck heated up nicely, its windows fogging. I felt like a Dickens character. I thought about explaining that to Mouse, just to occupy my thoughts, but he was suffering enough without b...
When kind men grow angry, things are about to change.
What did the heroines in dramas and books do in such circumstances?Frequently, it seemed, they would use their feminine wiles upon their male captors, promising them amorous attention and then turning...
This isn’t going to work, Justine murmured. It is going to work , I told her, keeping my tone confident. We’ll breeze right in. The Rack will be with us. Justine glanced at me with an arched eyebrow....