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So there I was being strangled by a ranting, half-naked madman in the middle of the woods, with a she-werewolf dangling from a rope snare somewhere nearby.

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The married thing. Sometimes I look at it and feel like someone from a Dickens novel, standing outside in the cold and staring in at Christmas dinner. Relationships hadn't ever really worked for me. I think it's had something to do with all the demons, ghosts, and human sacrifice.

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This is ridiculous. I look like the Games Workshop version of a Jedi Knight.

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Harry," she said quietly, "I know you must be angry." I burn things to ash and smash holes in buildings when I'm angry," I said. "I'm a couple of steps past that point right now.

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You predicted quick victory. Now it's going to get hopelessly complicated. Jesus, don't you know any better than that by now?

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You can't plan for everything or you never get started in the first place.

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Fire isn't always an element of destruction. Classical alchemical doctrine teaches that it also has dominion over another province: change.

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I've always admired your ability to be unilaterally irritating.

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Molly was arrested. Possession. I blinked at him. She was possessed?

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I've had a tense couple of days. And I've got to tell you, burning someone's face off sounds like a great way to relax.

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Laughter, like love, has power to survive the worst things life has to offer. And to do it with style.

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Over the course of many encounters and many years, I have successfully developed a standard operating procedure for dealing with big, nasty monsters. Run away.

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My office is in a building in midtown Chicago. It's an older building, and not in the best of shape, especially since there was that problem with the elevator last year. I don't care what anyone says, that wasn't my fault. when a giant scorpion the size of an Irish wolfhound is tearing its way through the roof of your elevator car, you get real willing to take desperate measures.

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Kids. You gotta love them. I adore children. A little salt, a squeeze of lemon—perfect.

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Magic is a kind of energy. It is given shape by human thoughts and emotions, by imagination. Thoughts define that shape—and words help to define those thoughts. That's why wizards usually use words to help them with their spells. Words provide a sort of insulation as the energy of magic burns through a spell caster's mind.

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Sticks and stones may break your bones, but Chinese throwing stars get you a dozen stitches.

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I don't know about your true form, but the weight of your ego sure is pushing the crust of the earth toward the breaking point.

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I let out a battle cry. Sure, a lot of people might have mistaken it for a sudden yelp of unmanly fear, but trust me. It was a battle cry.

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My magic. That was at the heart of me. It was a manifestation of what I believed, what I lived. It came from my desire to see to it that someone stood between the darkness and the people it would devour.

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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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The One created us all to be free. To learn. To find common cause with others and to grow stronger and wiser. But the ancient enemy perverts that union of strengths. With the enemy, there is no choice, no freedom. They take. They force a joining of all things, until nothing else remains. —Doroga

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I had a vague memory of being that ridiculous at one time. Let he who hath never worn parachute pants cast the first stone.

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Wizards and computers get along about as well as flamethrowers and libraries.

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Have you ever been approached by a grim-looking man, carrying a naked sword with a blade about ten miles long in his hand, in the middle of the night, beneath the stars on the shores of Lake Michigan? If you have, seek professional help. If you have not, then believe you me, it can scare the bejeezus out of you.

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I may have had good reasons. I may have had the best of intentions. But intentions aren't enough, no matter how good they are. Intentions can lead you to a place where you're able to make a choice. It's the choice that counts.

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Not that I was worried about anyone stealing my car. I once had a car thief offer to get me something better for a sweetheart rate.

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There was a sound like a human yawn, and then the skull turned slightly toward me and asked, "What's up, boss?" "Evil's afoot." "Well, sure," Bob said, "because it refuses to learn the metric system. Otherwise it'd be up to a meter by now.

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All right, you primitive screwheads. Listen up. I'm Harry Dresden. I'm the new Winter Knight.

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What is the point of having free will if one cannot occasionally spit in the eye of destiny?

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The next time I opened my eyes, I was in the morgue. This, all by itself, is enough to really ruin your day. I was lying on the examining table, and Butters, complete with his surgical gown and his tray of autopsy instruments, stood over me. 'I'm not dead!' I sputtered. 'I'm not dead!' - Harry Dresden, Death Masks, Jim Butcher

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