Hardly a man ever made a fool of himself by keeping his bloody mouth shut.
All things exist in accord with a single truth: Large things are made of smaller things. Drops of ink are shaped into letters, letters form words, words form sentences, and sentences combine to expres...
[He] stared at Rowl with flat eyes. Rowl yawned his unconcern. If you wish to keep those eyes, he said pleasantly, move them elsewhere.
You’re such a pompous, arrogant, pretentious, chauvinistic, hopelessly old-fashioned, stupidly pigheaded
You, Madeline said, her voice hollow and wheezing, are a bad case of herpes, wizard. You’re inconvenient, embarrassing, no real threat, and you simply will not go away.
You think this is going to work? This peaceful summit thing? Sure, I said. After a second, I added, Probably.Probably? Maybe, I said. We’re down to maybe now? I shrugged. We’ll see.
You need to know where to go, Sanya said.Yes.And you are going to consult four large pizzas for guidance.Yes, I said.The big man frowned for a moment. Then he said, There is, I think, humor here which...
You don’t think about everything you have to do. You focus on one thing and get it done, then move on to the next.
You couldn’t guess at a breed to look at him, but at least one of his parents must have been a wooly mammoth.
You can’t beat the Fair Folk as housekeepers. You also can’t tell people about them, because they’ll pack up and clear out. Why? I have no idea. They’re faeries, and that’s just how it works.
You can use just about anything to make a magic circle, but salt is often the most practical. It’s a symbol of the earth and of purity, and it doesn’t draw ants. You use sugar to make a circle on the...
You can have your harem change out the bandages later, I said. How busy are you today? Oh, he mused. I don’t know. I mean, I’ve got to get a new shirt now. After that, I asked, would you like to help...
You almost got yourself killed, she said, but her voice had softened a few shades. I noticed that she hadn't moved her hand from the other side of Billy's chest and he was looking up at her with an ex...
Yeah, but I'm not agnostic. Just nonpartisan. Theological Switzerland, that's me.
Why is it that you’ve never got the least goddamned clue what’s happening inside your own head. Have you ever noticed this trend? Doesn’t it bug you sometimes?
Why do you think I do it? He shrugged. All I can figure is that either you’re nursing a deep and sadistic self-hatred or else you’re insane.
Which put me one step ahead of where I was, now. I had already killed the Nightmare-or helped to kill it, at least. Something about that just didin't seem fair. There should be some kind of rule again...
Where is your unit? Murphy asked.I wiggled my eyebrows at her. Right where it's always been, dollface.
Whatever, I said. It’s getting cloying in here. Are we there yet? He smiled. Jerk. Wuss. Jackass. Pansy. Philistine. Dandysprat. Butthead. Whiner …
What goes round comes around. And sometimes you get what's coming around. And sometimes you ARE what's coming around.