In the void, there is no distinction of east and west.Gwen blinked slightly at that. I know all of those words, and yet when strung together like that I have no idea what they mean.
We're all so damned fragile.
Isana laughed. And you, lady? Are you a woman of conscience or of ambition?The lady smiled. That's a question rarely asked here at court.And why is that?Because a woman of conscience would tell you th...
Coz, he said. You really must learn to shut your mouth from time to time. You'll taste less shoe letter.
Remember who you are. This creature wants to take it from you. Do not let him.
So. You get handed a holy sword by an archangel, told to go fight the forces of evil, and you somehow remain an atheist. Is that what you're saying?
Industry and determination, Mister Kettle, can transform the difficult into the routine, Grimm said.
Harry, Bob said. Stars and skies, you’re all right! He hesitated for a second, and then said, And looking grim. Even dressed in boxers with yellow duckies on them. I glanced down, and did my best to p...
It would require a singularly stupid man to go hang around in narrow tunnels and cramped spaces alongside a threat like that.And I, Harry Dresden, am that man, I stated.
Uh, the Council, I said. Big shock, they aren't helping.Murphy looked like she might be asleep, but she snorted. So we're on our own.Yeah.Good. It's more familiar.
There's a fine line between audacity and idiocy.
Her father had always said that a man could be fairly judged by the quality of his allies and that of his enemies.
Harry waxes poetic about magic. He'll go on and on about how it comes from your feelings, and how it's a deep statement about the nature of your soul, and then he'll whip out some kind of half-divine,...
Murphy watched me thoughtfully for several empty seconds. Then she said, very gently, You're a good man, Harry.I swallowed and bowed my head, made humble by the tone of her voice and the expression on...
I'm amazing and studly, but I have limits.
She frowned at me. You need some rest. You look like hell. And you're obviously tired enough to have gotten the giggles.Wizards don't giggle, I said, hardly able to speak. This is cackling.
Maybe you know the monsters, Martin, Murphy said quietly. But I know the guy who stops them. And if they don't return the girl, we'll make them regret it. She nodded at me and said, Let's go. We can w...
Maybe they'd use biological or chemical weapons instead. Maybe they'd crash the world economy. Maybe they'd turn every program on television into one of those reality shows.That's mostly done already,...
Sheep can befriend a hungry wolf only for briefly.
There aren't any magical words, really. Words just hold the magic.