He's Gandalf on crack and an IV of Red Bull, with a big leather coat and a .44 revolver in his pocket.
All things pass in time. We are far less significant than we imagine ourselves to be. All that we are, all that we have wrought, is but a shadow, no matter how durable it may seem. One day, when the last man has breathed his last breath, the sun will shine, the mountains will stand, the rain will fall, the streams will whisper—and they will not miss him.
A man's magic demonstrates what sort of person he is, what is held most deeply inside of him. There is no truer gauge of a man's character than the way in which he employs his strength, his power. I was not a murderer. I was not like Victor Sells. I was Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden. I was a wizard. Wizards control their power. They don't let it control them. And wizards don't use magic to kill people. They use it to discover, to protect, to mend, to help. Not to destroy.
Heroism doesn't pay very well. I try to be cold-blooded and money-oriented, but I keep screwing it up.
What is the point of having free will if one cannot occasionally spit in the eye of destiny?
We have now left Reason and Sanity Junction. Next stop, Looneyville.
The movie of my life must be really low budget.
Fear is bred from ignorance. So knowledge is a weapon against it, and reason is the tool of knowledge.
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.
He's Black Council," I said. "Or maybe stupid," Ebenezar countered. I thought about it. "Not sure which is scarier." Ebenezar blinked at me, then snorted. "Stupid, Hoss. Every time. Only so many blackhearted villains in the world, and they only get uppity on occasion. Stupid's everywhere, every day.
HARRY DRESDEN—WIZARD Lost Items Found. Paranormal Investigations. Consulting. Advice. Reasonable Rates. No Love Potions, Endless Purses, Parties, or Other Entertainment
If your opponent has you by fifty pounds, winning a fight against him is a dubious proposition, at best. If your opponent has you by eight thousand and fifty pounds, you’ve left the realm of combat and enrolled yourself in Road-kill 101. Or possibly in a Tom and Jerry cartoon.
There's always, always a choice. My options might really, truly suck, but that doesn't mean there isn't a choice.
I ask people impertinent questions. Hopefully turning up pertinent answers.
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.
Oh, what would you like on your vegetarian pizza?" "Dead pigs and cows," I said. She glanced up at me and wrinkled her nose. "They're vegetarians," I said defensively.
Laughter, like love, has power to survive the worst things life has to offer. And to do it with style.
You're in America now," I said. "Our idea of diplomacy is showing up with a gun in one hand and a sandwich in the other and asking which you'd prefer.
In the name of the Pizza Lord. Charge!
There's more magic in a baby's first giggle than in any firestorm a wizard can conjure up, and don't let anyone tell you any different.
Sticks and stones may break your bones, but Chinese throwing stars get you a dozen stitches.
You don't take your cat with you to go bird shopping. Not because the cat isn't polite, but because he's a cat.
Every soul is special. They’re all beautiful. They’re all far more significant than anyone on this rock realizes. I think when people are at their best, they’re acting in accordance with their soul. The ones who have gone bad don’t have bad souls. They’ve just given up on keeping in touch with them.
Magic comes from what is inside you. It is a part of you. You can't weave together a spell that you don't beleive in.
Life is too short, Harry. And there's nowhere near enough joy in it. If you find it, grab it. Before it's gone.
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