It was the same principle as cleaning a really messy room. You don't think about everything you have to do. You focus on one thing and get it done, then more onto the next.
It was business, I said, enunciating. Morelli can find pushers and pimps anywhere. A decent accountant is invaluable. I sent his bookkeeper back as a gesture of respect.
It was a loss of identity. I was a wizard. It was more than just a job, more than just a title. Wizardry was at the core of my being. It was my relationship with my magic, the way I used it, the thing...
It took a freaking to put this together, Michael.I hefted my staff.Fortunately, I said, and took a two-handed swing at the nearest stand of slender, delicate crystal. It shattered with gratifying eas...
It takes calculation to win a duel against a reptile, and you've always been impatient.
It never rains, I moaned. Tera frowned at me. It is raining now. She turned to Susan. I do not think he is coherent. I snorted and looked around blearily. It’s a figure of speech.
It has become a custom among the Legions to promise one’s fellows that no matter what happens, they will never lie cold upon the earth.
Imagine Smaug’s treasure hoard. Now imagine Smaug with crippling levels of obsessive-compulsive disorder and fanatic good taste.
If you’re right, they aren’t the deceased, Murphy said. They’re the victims. Big difference. Which is it? Wish I could say, I said. But the only evidence that could prove it one way or another is leak...
If she were in a race for her life, that roar was the starter pistol. If God were the referee, He had just shouted Go.
If he stayed close enough to Maggie for long enough, the dog might wind up with more education than me. Then there'd be no talking to him.
If I was writing during that window, then I imagine that the story was likely late as well and absolutely needed to be finished, so once again I met with inspiration at the corner of Late and Hurry up...
If I stay, they'll kill me... If I go, at least everything that wants me dead won't be taking it personally.
If Gabriel is an ambassador, if Michael is a general, if Rafael is a healer and spiritual champion, then Uriel is a spymaster—Heaven’s spook.
I'm pretty sure lurking in a dark alley to mug me with your apology isn't the usual way to go about saying you're sorry. But I didn't read that Mars-Venus book, so who knows.
I thought I told you I didn't want to talk to you, Mr. Dresden. I like women who play hard to get.
I think that men ought to treat women like something other than just shorter, weaker men with breasts. Try and convict me if I’m a bad person for thinking so. I enjoy treating a woman like a lady, ope...
I stretched out my hand, adrenaline and pain giving me plenty of fuel for the magic, and called, 'Ventas servitas!' Wind leapt out in a sudden spurt, seizing the Unraveling and tearing it from Aurora'...
I simply described him in accurate terms. If he finds himself insulted by the truth, it’s hardly my concern. A
I should far rather be drunk than eaten, Miss Lancaster, Ferus said in a serious tone. As should we all. Very well, that’s settled.