“ Molly, you are a good person. Don't let anyone take that away from you. Not even yourself. Jim Butcher
“ This isn’t going to work, Justine murmured.It is going to work, I told her, keeping my tone confident. We’ll breeze right in. The Rack will be with us.Justine glanced at me with an arched eyebrow. The… Jim Butcher
“ But… all I said was that I was scared. After what you got to experience? That's smart, kid, I said. I'm scared, too. Every time something like this happens, it scares me. But being strong doesn't get… Jim Butcher
“ 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
“ Star Trek? I asked her. Really? What? she demanded, bending unnaturally black eyebrows together. There are two kinds of people in the universe, Molly, I said. Star Trek fans and Star Wars fans. This i… Jim Butcher
“ Most of the bad guys in the real world don't know that they are bad guys. You don't get a flashing warning sign that you're about to damn yourself. It sneaks up on you when you aren't looking. 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
“ Hush, Harry. Or you'll go to the special hell.I blinked at that, confused. I'm not supposed to be the guy who doesn't get the reference joke, dammit. Jim Butcher
“ Beside me, Molly rolled her shoulders in a few jerky motions and pushed at her hair in fitful little gestures. She tugged at her well-tattered skirts, and grimaced at her boots. Can you see if there’s… Jim Butcher
“ 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… Jim Butcher
“ She is not a cookie. Neither is she a biscuit, a PopTart, Sweet TART, apple tart, or any other kind of pastry. She is my apprentice. Jim Butcher
“ Shame, child, is for those who fail to live up to the ideal of what they believe they should be. She waved her hand. It was shame that drove me to my queen, to beseech her aid. Her long, delicate fing… Jim Butcher
