Children have their own kind of power. When you’re teaching them, protecting them, you are more than you thought you could be.
Chew and smile? At the same time? Do I look like Jackie Chan?
Cerberus, I said promptly. But everyone knows that. Do you know what it means? I opened my mouth and closed it again. I shook my head. It is from an ancient word, kerberos. It means ‘spotted.’ I blink...
Cell phones were like those security guys in red shirts on old Star Trek: as soon as something started happening, they were always the first to go.
Butters, he said. Look. I know it’s hard. But there’s one way you deal with fear. How? I asked him. You stand up and you kick it in the fucking teeth,
But you can’t go around changing your definition of right and wrong (or smart and stupid) just because doing the wrong thing happens to be really convenient.
But that's just it. I ... I don't want to go. I don't want to see that... She glanced aside at Mouse and shuddered. Blood, like that. I don't remember what happened when you and Mother saved me from A...
But mostly, it ends badly when wizards try to stay too close to their kin.
Bernard had become, not so much important to her as he was natural to her whole being. He was as much a part of her thoughts as breath, food, and sleep. At once present and not present, conspicuous wi...
Beer, brewed in cauldrons the size of houses by machines and then served cold. It has no soul. It isn't worthy of the name.
Because your balls are in a vise and I’m the only one who can pull them out, I said. He arched an elegant silver eyebrow. Okay, I said. That came out a little more homoerotic than I intended. Indeed,...
Battles are fought in muddy fields, in burning towns, in treacherous forests, in unforgiving mountains, and on the blood-spattered stones of contested bridges, Tavi realized. But battles are won withi...
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As in 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'? The skull howled with laughter. You just got your ass handed to you by a ?I wouldn't say they handed me my ass, I said.Bob was nearly strangling on his laughter, a...
Answer my question, Dresden,' Nicodemus growled. 'What is that?''A precaution against getting stuck in deep snow,' I said. 'He's training to be a Saint Bernard.''Excuse me?' Nicodemus said.I mimed cov...
Anger subsides. Love doesn’t.
And you've got that look on your face again. I can't help it, Ehren said. You're about to walk to breakfast, arn't you, regardless of who is in the way? Yes, Tavi said. Ehren sighed. Let's hear it. Ta...
And then I heard the most beautiful sound of my life. Somewhere nearby, a cat let out an angry, hissing scream.
And sometimes you are what’s coming around.
And if you’re very, very lucky, there are a very few blazing hot little pains you feel when you realize that you are standing in a moment of utter perfection, an instant of triumph, or happiness, or m...