Mac folded his arms on the bar and looked at me intently and said, in a resonant baritone, You've got to be very careful, Harry.I looked at him, shocked. He'd...used grammar.
Rowl was not prepared to tolerate incompetence where his personal human was concerned. He had just gotten her properly trained.
Maybe my values are outdated, but I come from an old school of thought. I think that men ought to treat women like something other than just shorter, weaker men with breasts.
Michael smiled at me a little. You’re a good man, Harry. But you’re making the same mistake Nicodemus always has—and the same one Karrin did. What mistake? You all think the critical word in the phras...
Michael titled his head. But . . . Uriel, if I were to misuse it . . . I would Fall, Uriel said quietly. I choked on the air. Holy crap. The last time an archangel Fell, I’m pretty sure there were ext...
Michael watched my face closely as we carried her. What? I asked. You aren’t angry, he said. That she’s hurt. Like hell I’m not, I said. It’s coming. After we take care of her. When it’s time. Michael...
We’re all the hero of our own story.
Moonrise, I told him, then turned on my heel and walked quickly from the alley, although my sock feet on the gravel, combined with my limp, probably spoiled the badass image.
One time, when we'd been discussing martial arts, Murphy told me that eventually, no-one can teach you anything more about them. Once you reach that state of knowledge, the only way to keep learning a...
My brief flash of relief and confidence melted away. Good thing it did, too. I'm sure the world would come to an end if I were allowed to feel a sense of relief and well-being for any length of time.
My brother the vampire, whose kiss was a slow death sentence, had a stable and loving relationship with a girl who was crazy about him. By contrast, I could barely talk to a woman, at least about anyt...
My brother threw up his hands. What does a woman need to do, Harry? Rip her clothes off, throw herself on top of you, and shimmy while screaming, 'Do me, baby!'? he shook his head. Sometimes you're a...
My double snorted. That’s good. That really is, the banter thing. I can’t do the banter very well. Maybe that’s why you’re in charge. Of course, if I was in charge more often, you’d get laid a lot mor...
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-hah-hahhhhhh’?
A door standing open that shouldn’t be; a shadow on the floor with no source to cast it; a cat purring and rubbing up against a favorite person—who isn’t there.
We need to get out, I said. My voice sounded raw to me. Trouble coming.No, said a beautiful Sidhe baritone. Trouble is here.They appeared from behind their veils, one by one, with so much melodrama th...
My name is Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden. Conjure by it at your own risk. I'm a wizard. I work out of an office in midtown Chicago. As far as I know, I'm the only openly practicing professional...
My name is Harry Dresden, I said.Fitz stumbled. Holy shit, he said. Like... Harry Dresden? The professional wizard?The one and only.He recovered his pace and shook his head. I heard you were dead.Well...
No one was standing in the shadows smoking a cigarette or looking about with a shifty-eyed gaze. I couldn't see anyone quickly hiding a bloody knife behind his back or twirling a moustache, either. Th...
No, Bob. Just no. For crying out loud. She's seventeen. Better move quick, then, Bob said. Before anything starts to droop. Taste of perfection while you can, that's what I always say.
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