The vampire’s true appearance was grotesque – but it wasn’t as bad as some of the things I had seen in my day. Some demons were a lot worse, and some of the Elder Things could rip your mind apart just by letting you look at them.
We’re all of us equally naked before the jaws of pain.
He had hard, steady eyes, and all the comforting, reassuring charm of a dental drill. – Harry Dresden describing Morgan.
Somewhere out there was a village I’d deprived of it’s idiot.
I’m amazing and studly, but I have limits.
My main source for faith-based stuff is mostly the Bible, and a childhood with a much, much higher-than-median exposure to theological thought.
Oh, I forgot to mention it: My brother is the kind of man whom women stalk. In cooperative packs.
In my judgment, my buildings are less likely to burn to the ground during one of your visits if you are disoriented from being treated like a sultan.
When I started, I was pretty sure I was going to be writing some goofy little wizard novels that might make me some part-time money and would hopefully lead to something I could do better.
You killed my dog! Get your affairs in order.
Mister Dresden is a diplomatically challenged individual. He should be in a shelter for the tactless.
Fading light means more than just the end of another day. Night is when terrible things emerge from their sleep and seek soft flesh and hot blood.
Whatever you do, do it for love. If you keep to that, your path will never wander so far from the light that you can never return.
I do not need the written code of a spiritual belief to act like a decent human being.
You never get a straight answer from captains. You should know that by now.
I parked in front of the Field Museum under a NO PARKING sign. There were a couple of actual spots I could have used, but the drive was even closer. Besides, I found it aesthetically satisfying to defy municipal code.
Sometimes I think that’s where most of us are. Fighting off the crazy as best we can. Trying to become something better than we were. It’s that second bit that’s important.
Love is another kind of power, which shouldn’t surprise you. Magic comes from emotions, among other things.
I mean, we’re all going to die. We know that on an intellectual level. We figure it out when we’re still fairly young, and it scares us so badly that we convince ourselves we’re immortal for more than a decade afterwards.
The human mind is not a terribly logical or consistent place.