How bad is it? They drafted me, I said. That’s bad, all right, Bob said cheerfully.
How about it, wizard? Cop? Maybe you’ve got stones enough to take it when I threaten you. I can admire that.
Holy shit, I breathed. Hellhounds. Harry, Michael said sternly. You know I hate it when you swear. You’re right. Sorry. Holy shit, I breathed, heckhounds.
He’s being held prisoner on a ceramic-lined cookie sheet in the oven, Thomas said. I figured he couldn’t jigger his way out of a bunch of steel, and it would give him something to think about before w...
Hebbity bedda, I said, by way of attempting a greeting. My mouth had gone rather numb, and my tongue felt like a lead weight. Jussa hangonna sayke hee. Fix jumped up and down, pointing at me, his voic...
He's Black Council, I said.Or maybe stupid, Ebenezar countered.I thought about it. Not sure which is scarier.Ebenezar blinked at me, then snorted. Stupid, Hoss. Every time. Only so many blackhearted v...
He shook his head. Love killed the dinosaurs, man.
He reached out a hand to the middle head of the dog and scratched it beneath the chin. One of the beast’s rear legs began to thump rapidly against the floor. It sounded like something you’d hear comin...
Harry Dresden, Winter Knight, Targets Slain, No Barbecues, Waterslides, or Fireworks Displays.
Give it to 'em!Take 'em down!First Aleran!Kick their furry--Assault formation!
Five white candles surrounded my summoning circle, the points of an invisible pentacle. White for protection. And because they’re the cheapest color at Wal-Mart.
Felicia managed to stagger to her feet, open the front door, and limp haltingly to the white limousine idling on the snowy street outside the house. Murphy went to the window to watch Felicia get into...
Everyone dies alone. That’s what it is. It’s a door. It’s one person wide. When you go through it, you do it alone.
Every relationship ended. Sometimes it ended voluntarily with a break-up or an affair. Sometimes it ended with death. Only the lucky ones died together. Everyone else had to suffer through being a sur...
Every potion has eight parts. One part is a base liquid to hold the others and provide a medium for mixing. Five parts are symbolically linked to each of the five senses. One is similarly linked to th...
Esmerelda’s blue and green eyes could have made Stevie remember being hired by Mister Snuffleupagus, if that was what she wanted.
Ease off the martyr throttle.
Do you want your blood to stay where it is sochar-lar?Tavi lifted both eyebrows at the unfamiliar word, and glanced at Varg.Monkey, Varg supplied, in Aleran. And male-child.He called me monkey boy? Ta...
Do you want to be my dad?
Describing something helps to define it, to give it limits, to set guardrails of understanding around it.