Plan B, I said. Okay, right. We need a plan B. If we only had a wheelbarrow, that would be something. Susan let out a puff of laughter, and then I turned to her, my eyes alight. We have a great big tr...
People who know diddly about wizards don’t like to give us their names. They’re convinced that if they give a wizard their name from their own lips it could be used against them. To be fair, they’re r...
People who ask questions and think about their faith are the last ones to embrace dogma -- and the last to abandon their path once they've set out on it. I felt fairly sure that the Almighty, whatever...
Peace cannot be bought, Aleron, he murmured to LaFortier. History teaches that lesson. I learned it. You should have, too. LaFortier
Passion has overthrown tyrants and freed prisoners and slaves. Passion has brought justice where there was savagery. Passion has created freedom where there was nothing but fear. Passion has helped so...
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...
One grip shy of a steering column? Grimm suggested. Ten degrees short of a compass? Aviating without goggles?
Okay, I said. I'm going to do something I know you both hate. I'm going to get direct. And I'm going to get direct answers from you, answers that convince me that you aren't trying to hide anything fr...
Oh, I get it, I said. You're Evil Harry, lurking inside Good Harry. Right? And you only come out at night?
Nothing is truly safe in this world—and that being the case, why worry about threats that have not yet appeared? Far wiser to make what preparations one could, face trouble as it arose, and be happy i...
Nobel prize for pornography.
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.
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...
Never let it be said that Harry Dresden is afraid of a dried, dead bug. Creepy or not, I wasn't going to let it ruin my concentration.So I scooped it up with the corner of the phone book and popped it...
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 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’?
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...
More than anything, she wanted to be someplace warm and safe--but duty was a cold and barren shelter for a wounded spirit.
Money is a madness, a delusion-illusion. It’s not made of metal, really. It’s made of time. How much is one’s time worth? If one can convince enough people that one’s time is an invaluable resource, t...