He had hard, steady eyes, and all the comforting, reassuring charm of a dental drill. - Harry Dresden describing Morgan
Molly blinked, then looked at Thomas and said, Wait a minute.... We're his flunkies.You, may be, Thomas said, sneering. I'm his thug. I'm way higher than a flunky.You are high if you think I'm taking...
They paid some madman who thought he was a decorator a lot of money to make the place look hip and unique. May be it's my lack of fashion sense talking, but I thought they should have held out for one...
Harry waxes poetic about magic. He'll go on and on about how it comes from your feelings, and how it's a deep statement about the nature of your soul, and then he'll whip out some kind of half-divine,...
My friend is going to save a little girl from monsters. I am going with him. That's what friends do.
Maybe you know the monsters, Martin, Murphy said quietly. But I know the guy who stops them. And if they don't return the girl, we'll make them regret it. She nodded at me and said, Let's go. We can w...
I'm afraid it isn't good news. The Council seems to have gone quite mad.
It’s boring.Oh, I said. I rubbed at my jaw. You think I should have gone four-color?Bob stared at me for a second and said, I have nightmares about Hell, where all I do is add up numbers and try to ha...
Murphy watched me thoughtfully for several empty seconds. Then she said, very gently, You're a good man, Harry.I swallowed and bowed my head, made humble by the tone of her voice and the expression on...
I know it's not thematically in tune with my new job and all, but I find it effective. Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day, I say. But set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life....
There's a fine line between audacity and idiocy.
Her flawless pale skin was also spangled with gemstones. I don't know how they'd been attached, but they clung to her and sent little flashes of color glittering around the cavern when she moved. They...
No, she said. You are not Patrick Swayze. I am not Demi Moore. She touched a switch on the little box and it started ticking. And this sure as hell isn't pottery class.
Injun Joe studied the body for a moment, his eyes sad. Then he said, I'd rather go in my sleep, I think. He glanced back at me. What about you?I want to be stepped on by an elephant while having sex w...
Magic. It can get a guy killed.
Karrin, eh? Thomas asked.I nodded. She's real serious about order. A man dying, she can understand. A man coming back. That's different.Isn't she Catholic? Thomas asked. Don't they have a guy?
Laugh whenever you can. Keeps you from killing yourself when things are bad. That and vodka.
Karrin.She looked up at me. She looked very young somehow.Remember what I said yesterday, I said. You're hurt. But you'll get through it. You'll be okay.She closed her eyes tightly. I'm scared. So sca...
I wish I worried about my uncle's opinions, and had problems to work out with my mom. Hell, I'd settle for knowing what her voice sounded like. I put a hand on her shoulder. Trite but true—you don't k...
Black Court vampires. I just shortened it some.Ebenezar tsked. Blampires. That's the problem with you young people. Shortening all the words.
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