You wouldn't be twisting yourself into knots like this, Harry, if you didn't care.So?Monsters don't care, Michael said. The damned don't care, Harry. The only way to go beyond redemption is to choose...
You want to play head games? Molly snarled, her blue eyes blazing. Let's go.
You walk through shadows and one night you will slip and fall. And when you do, we will be there. We will be waiting to bring you down to us. You will be ours in the end.
You think your power is what shapes the world you walk in. But that is an illusion. Your choices shape your world. You think your power will protect you from the consequences of those choices. But you...
You know the law, Dresden. He who kills the cheer springs for beer, chanted the rest of the table.
You got that paper cup? Right, then. All we need is a stuffed animal.’ He stared at me. ‘Wh-what did you say?’ ‘A stuffed animal, man!’ I roared at him. ‘Don’t mess with a wizard when he’s wizarding!
You defy beings that should cow you into silence. You resist forces that are inevitable for no more reason than that you believe they should be resisted. You bow your head to neither demons nor angels...
You can’t photograph anything really supernatural, I pointed out. The energies around things like that will mess up cameras.
You can describe it to them as much as you want. You can write books about what you felt, what you experienced. You can compose poems and songs about what it was like. But until they've seen it for th...
Worry is fear in disguise. And fear will eat you from the inside out if you let it.
Wisps of arctic blue and green and purple buzzed and whirled within those sharp spikes, sending out a wild coruscation of coloured light. The aurora was mesmerizing and blinding at the same time, and...
Why? I asked him quietly. Why were you taking essence from the boy? H-he… He had so much. I didn’t think it would hurt him and I… He cringed back from me as he spoke the last words. I…needed to grow s...
Who, said the man, his accent thick and British, are you? The Great Pumpkin, I responded. I’ve risen from the pumpkin patch a bit early because Butters is just that nifty. And you are?
White for protection. And because they’re the cheapest color at Wal-Mart. Hey, being a wizard doesn’t make money grow on trees.
Where germs go?Sunrise, I said. Poof.Butter's voice sounded bewildered. Vampire germs?The tiny capes are a dead giveaway.
When I look into someone’s eyes, into their soul, their innermost being, they can see mine in return—the things I had done, the things I was willing to do, the things I was capable of doing.
What's the point in answering, Warden? It's obvious that you've already tried and convicted me. If I tell you I am involved, you will believe me guilty. If I tell you I am not involved, you will belie...
What we hadn’t known about, back then, was pain. Sure, we’d faced some things as children that a lot of kids don’t. Sure, Justin had qualified for his Junior de Sade Badge in his teaching methods for...
What goes around comes around. And sometimes you get what’s coming around. He paused for a moment, frowning faintly, pursing his lips. And sometimes you are what’s coming around.
What do you need? Vadderung asked.Advice, I said. If the price is right.And what do you think a sufficient price would be?Lucy charges a nickel.Ah, Vadderung said. But Lucy is a psychiatrist. You real...