He is a cat, Miss Lancaster. Asking him such questions is an exercise in futility.
He had traded the lives of people he did not know for those of men he did.That was, he supposed, human nature.
He had to give humans credit where it was due - they did seem to have a knack for building interesting places for cats to explore.
He gave me a severe look over his spectacles and said, as if he thought the words were deadly venom and might kill me, You are an untidy person. I put my hand over my heart, grinning at him. Ow.
He died in his sleep one night. An aneurysm, the doctors said. I found him, cold, smiling. Maybe he’d been dreaming of Mother when he went. And as I looked at him, I suddenly felt, for the very first...
Have you ever felt despair? Absolute hopelessness? Have you ever stood in the darkness and known, deep in your heart, in your spirit, that it was never, ever going to get better? That something had be...
Harry? Bob asked. Are your feet wet? And can you see the pyramids? I blinked. What? Earth to Dresden, Bob said. You are standing knee-deep in de Nile.
Harry, that’s not a plan, it’s a Looney Tune.
Harry Dresden. I'm on a mission from God.
Gwen frowned, I assure you, sir, it is quite cool.It isn't, Ferus replied. what you feel is the etheric energy that courses through the crystal. But your sensation of it is . . . something your mind w...
Got to die of something, Giraldi observed. Might as well put back a few pints while you wait to see what it is.
Goodness, think of what trouble they’d be in if Folly hadn’t practiced.
Good man always stands against that.
Go back, he said.Can’t. Stand aside?Can’t.So it’s like that? I said.Fix exhaled. Then he nodded. Yeah. And for the first time in a decade the Winter Knight and Summer Knight went to war.
Gimme a minute, I said, and felt myself baring my teeth in a grin. How does the leg feel? I’ve had worse, Michael said, his voice strained. He shifted his weight, testing the leg, and made a hissing s...
For the record, surgeries aren't pretty. there's a hideous sense of intimately inappropriate exposure to another human being, and it feel something like accidentally walking in on a naked parent. Only...
For the good of the people, some must place themselves in harm’s way. Some must pledge their courage and their lives to protect the community.
Fear is bred from ignorance. So knowledge is a weapon against it, and reason is the tool of knowledge.
Fear and anger always come hand in hand. Anger is my hiding place from fear, my shield and my sword against it.
Faith, Harry. God has a way of seeing to it that things fall into place.