Precisely. I am just another blind man. I do not get the whole picture of what transpires in all places. I am blind and limited. I would be a fool to think myself wise. And so, not knowing what the un...
Playing cat and mouse is generally only fun for the cat.
Peace cannot be bought, Aleron, he murmured to LaFortier. History teaches that lesson. I learned it. You should have, too. LaFortier
One grip shy of a steering column? Grimm suggested. Ten degrees short of a compass? Aviating without goggles?
Once you begin to mass-manufacture anything, by the very nature of the process, you lose the sense of personal attachment you might have to something made by hand.
Olympian, I should think, from the colors and the fur trim of his coat, Master Ferus put in. Olympian and, it would seem, possessed of a fury. Which is funny, if you know enough history.
Okay, I said to Karrin. Let's move.Uh, she asked, without turning her head. move where?The island, I said.Harry, this is a motorcycle.It'll work, I said. Look at it.Karrin jerked as she noted the appe...
Oh, I get it, I said. You're Evil Harry, lurking inside Good Harry. Right? And you only come out at night?
Now hear me, brother, I said gently. Cease your attempts to harm my humans. Depart this city. Do not come back. Or else? he asked. There is nothing else, I replied calmly. You will do these things. 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.
Night wasn't so much falling as sharpening its claws.
Nicodemus is a murderous murdering murderer...
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...
My name is Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden. Conjure by it at your own risk. When things get strange, when what goes bump in the night flicks on the lights, when no one else can help you, give me...
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 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 God, there are times when the sexiest thing a woman can give a man is permission.
Murphy nodded, frowning at the road ahead of her. The reason treachery is so reveiled, she said in a careful tone of voice, is because it usually comes from someone you didn't think could possibly do...
More trouble in Faerie. Bigger trouble in Faerie. And I'd be willing to bet dollars to navel lint that I knew exactly which stupid son of a bitch the Council would expect to start poking his nose arou...
More than that, though, it gained a definite spiritual chill. Malevolent energy hovered around us, slow and thick like half-frozen honey. There was a gloating, miserly quality to it, bringing to my mi...