“ Da. This is going very well already.Thomas barked out a laugh. There are seven of us against the Red King and his thirteen most powerful nobles, and it's going well?Mouse sneezed.Eight, Thomas correct… Jim Butcher
“ Lea stood upon a fallen log ahead of us, staring ahead. Mouse walked up to her.Gggrrrr rawf arrrgggrrrrarrrr, I said.Mouse gave me an impatient glance, and somehow--I don't know if it was something in… Jim Butcher
“ I realized then what had happened.She had turned us--all of us, except for Mouse--into great, gaunt, long-legged hounds.Wonderful! Lea said, pirouetting upon one toe, laughing. Come, children! And she… Jim Butcher
“ A bolt of warmth, fierce with joy and pride and gratitude, flashed through me like sudden lightning. I don’t care about whose DNA has recombined with whose. When everything goes to hell, the people wh… Jim Butcher
“ Pansy, Murphy sneered.Thomas leered at her. You make my stamen tingle when you talk like that, Sergeant. Jim Butcher
“ My friend is going to save a little girl from monsters. I am going with him. That's what friends do. Jim Butcher
“ Uh, the Council, I said. Big shock, they aren't helping.Murphy looked like she might be asleep, but she snorted. So we're on our own.Yeah.Good. It's more familiar. Jim Butcher
“ 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… Jim Butcher
“ 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… Jim Butcher
“ She frowned at me. You need some rest. You look like hell. And you're obviously tired enough to have gotten the giggles.Wizards don't giggle, I said, hardly able to speak. This is cackling. Jim Butcher
“ Murphy hung up and I said, to the still-open line, Hey, if you've got someone watching my place, could you call the cops if anyone tries to steal my Star Wars poster? It's an original.Then I vindictiv… Jim Butcher
“ 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. Jim Butcher
“ 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? Jim Butcher
“ Do you have a little white dress? I've had this deep-seated nurse fantasy about you, Murphy. Jim Butcher
“ 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… Jim Butcher
“ I choose my battles, Dresden. Not you. She looked up at me calmly. Let me put this in terms that will get through your skull: My friend is going to save a child from monsters. I'm going with him. That… Jim Butcher
“ Sometimes I forget how much I like riding the bike. Most chicks do, I said. Roar of the engine and so on.Murphy's blue eyes glittered with annoyance and anticipation. Pig. You really enjoy dropping al… Jim Butcher
“ 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… Jim Butcher
“ If you make some comment even obliquely alluding to menstruation or menopause and its effect on my judgment, Murphy interrupted, I will break your arm in eleven places. Jim Butcher
