I react badly to fear. I don’t usually have the good sense to run, or hide—I just try to smash whatever it is that is making me afraid. It’s a primitive sort of thing, and one I don’t question too muc...
I love watching him think, Maeve told Lily. You can almost hear that poor little hamster running and running on its wheel.
I found him in a Dumpster one day when he was a kitten and he promptly adopted me. Despite my struggles, Mister had been an understanding soul, and I eventually came to realize that I was a part of hi...
I folded my arms. I don’t usually do stakeouts.I thought it might be a nice change of pace for you. All that knocking down of doors and burning down of buildings must get tiring.I don’t always knock d...
I don't know the good or the evil of the thing. That's something that only you mortals worry about.
I declared her brain frozen and assumed command of the local Warden detachment, which was handy, since it consisted of only me anyway.
Hey, He croaked. You. Arrogant bitch ghost.I'm not really into this whole hero thing, Mort said. Don't have the temperament for it. Don't know a lot about the villain side of the equation, either. He...
Guys who get their name splashed all over history and folklore don’t tend to be Boy Scout troop leaders.
Got it with you? I asked Butters. Are you kidding? he said, grinning. I may never put it down again. So show her, I said. You think that’s . . . you know. Okay? To show it off like that? You aren’t sh...
Fox and Scorpion came to a brook, Mab murmured, her voice low, sweet. Wide was the water. Scorpion asked Fox for a ride on his back. Fox said, ‘Scorpion, will you not sting me?’ Scorpion said, ‘If I d...
Dresden. Am I interrupting something?Well, I was going to settle down with a porn video and a bottle of baby oil, but I really don't have enough for two.
Do all wizards, he said, get the kiddie crowns and war them around? Or is that only for special occasions?Do all werewolves, I shot back, snatching the crown from my head, wear glasses and too much Ol...
And from the perspective of those in need, that extra quarter of a million bucks your material person spent on the prestige addition for his house looks like an awful lot of lifesaving food and medici...
All right, you primitive screwheads. Listen up. I'm Harry Dresden. I'm the new Winter Knight. I'm instituting a rule: When you're within sight of me, mortals are off-limits. I paused for a moment to l...
A man’s magic demonstrates what sort of person he is, what is held most deeply inside of him. There is no truer gauge of a man’s character than the way in which he employs his strength, his power.
But all the things Science had promised us hadn't come to pass. Disease was still a problem. Starvation was still a problem. Violence and crime and war were still problems. In spite of the advance of...
And to my dog, without whom I would not be reminded daily that I am essentially little more than a ridiculous human being who has somehow swindled somebody into paying me to write down conversations w...
You can have everything in the world, but if you don't havelove, none of it means crap, he said promptly. Love is patient.Love is kind. Love always forgives, trusts, supports, and endures.Love never f...
You aren’t explaining it very well. Maybe, I said. Or maybe you aren’t learning it very well.
Trite but true—you don’t know what you have until it’s gone. People change. The world changes. And sooner or later you lose people you care about. If you don’t mind some advice from someone who doesn’...