Michael half-smiled. The Lord will never give you a burden bigger than your shoulders can bear, Harry. All we can do is face what comes and have faith.I gave him a sour glance. I need to get myself so...
Mister Dresden is a diplomatically challenged individual. He should be in a shelter for the tactless.
Molly was a big believer in shaping the future by way of carrying anything you might need in a backpack.
Molly was committing dinner by that time, aided and abetted by Sanya, who seemed to take some kind of grim Russian delight in watching train wrecks in progress.
More than anything, I wanted to crawl into a hole and pull it in after me. I wanted to be not.
Pain is a byproduct of life. That’s the truth. Life sometimes sucks. That’s true for everyone. But if you don’t face the pain and the suck, you don’t ever get the other things either. Laughter. Joy. L...
Mortals prattle on about lonely impulses of delight and the gift of knowledge, and think that teaching is a trade like metalsmithing or healing or telling lies on television. It is not. It is the diss...
The past was gone. Nothing could change what had already been. Looking back at it, letting its wounds fester, indulging in regret was just a different, slower way to die. The living moved forward.
Murphy caught that arm and continued the motion, using her own body as a fulcrum in a classic hip throw - except that Binder was facing in the opposite direction than usual for that technique.You coul...
The one bad thing about the duster, she mused. I could never see your butt. I never noticed. If you went around noticing your own ass I’d worry about you, Harry.
My answer came out at once. For me, chivalry isn’t dead; it’s an involuntary reflex. It could have been any woman asking for help, and I’d have said the same thing. It might have taken me a second or...
My dear cousin has a very odd relationship with fear -- though mostly she's too busy to be bothered with it.
My faith protects me. My Kevlar helps.
Octokongs, I pronounced grimly. Why did it have to be octokongs?
The cold rain came down in buckets. I was shaking, shivering, and naked, and more soap was getting into my eyes. But hey. At least I was clean.
Oh, good grief. The Mickey Mouse Club of werewolves wanted to throw in on my side.
No rest for the wicked, Bob, and that means that we can't slack off either, or they'll outwork us.
The fastest way for us to help make him into a monster is to look at him like he is one.
Back to my apartment? The FBI is there just waiting to slap handcuffs on me. Well then I guess you shouldn't have decided to become a terrorist, Harry! Hey, I never-- Bob raised his voice and shouted...
Not everyone can be equally right, Harry. But believe you me, everyone can be equally wrong, I said.
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