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• Isana laughed. "And you, lady? Are you a woman of conscience or of ambition?" The lady smiled. "That's a question rarely asked here at court." "And why is that?" "Because a woman of conscience would tell you that she is a person of conscience. A woman of ambition would tell you that she is a person of conscience—only much more convincingly.

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  Ambition, Court, Persons

  Jim Butcher (2006). “Academ's Fury”, p.203, Penguin

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• Love this job," Sanya murmured. "Just love it." "I need to challenge more people to duels," Thomas said in agreement. "Men are pigs," Murphy said. "Amen," said Molly. Lea gave me a prim look and said, "I've not sacrificed a holy virgin in ages.

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  Jobs, Men, Pigs

  Jim Butcher (2010). “Changes: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.293, Penguin

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• Oh, I get it," I said. "You're Evil Harry, lurking inside Good Harry. Right? And you only come out at night?

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  Night, Evil, Said

  Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 1-6”, p.524, Penguin

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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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  Naked, Rope, Half

  Jim Butcher (2001). “Fool Moon: Book two of The Dresden Files”, p.94, Penguin

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• Well. We’ll just have to hope that this wasn’t a loup-garou, I guess.” “If it was a louper, you’d know,” Bob said wisely. “In the middle of this town, you’d have a dozen people dead every time the full moon came around. What’s going on?” “A dozen people are dying every time the full moon comes around.

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  Moon, People, Dying

  Jim Butcher (2001). “Fool Moon: Book two of The Dresden Files”, p.46, Penguin

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• Ease off the martyr throttle.

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  Ease, Martyr, Throttle

  Jim Butcher (2008). “Grave Peril: Book three of The Dresden Files”, p.189, Penguin

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• For the sake of one soul. For one loved one. For one life." I called power into my blasting rod, and its tip glowed incandescent white. "The way I see it, there's nothing else worth fighting a war for" -Harry Dresden

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  War, Fighting, White

  Jim Butcher (2008). “Grave Peril: Book three of The Dresden Files”, p.266, Penguin

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• Apocalypse is a frame of mind." [Nicodemus] said then. "A belief. A surrender to inevitability. It is a despair for the future. It is the death of hope.

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  Mind, Despair, Belief

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• It bothered me that he was right. Without Sir Stuart's intervention, I'd have been dead again already. That's right--you heard me: dead again already. I mean, come on. How screwed up is your life (after- or otherwise) when you find yourself needing phrases like that?

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  Mean, Finding Yourself, Phrases

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• I always considered myself a loner. I mean, not like a poor-me, Byron-esque, I-should-have-brought-a-swimming-buddy loner. I mean the sort of person who doesn’t feel too upset about the prospect of a weekend spent seeing no one, and reading good books on the couch. It wasn’t like I was a people hater or anything. I enjoyed activities and the company of friends. But they were a side dish. I always thought I would be happy without them.

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  Book, Reading, Mean

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• I sometimes give myself excellent advice. Occasionally, I even listen to it.

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  Giving, Advice, Sometimes

  Jim Butcher (2011). “Ghost Story: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.222, Penguin

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• Discretion is the better part of not getting exsanguinated.

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  Harry Dresden, Dresden, Discretion

  Jim Butcher (2004). “Blood Rites: Book six of The Dresden Files”, p.26, Penguin

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• The mad rarely know that they are mad. It's the rest of the world, I think, that seems insane to them.

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  Thinking, Mad, Insane

  Jim Butcher (2011). “Ghost Story: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.173, Penguin

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• Maybe they'd use biological or chemical weapons instead. Maybe they'd crash the world economy. Maybe they'd turn every program on television into one of those reality shows." "That's mostly done already, Harry." "Oh. Well. I've got to believe that the world is worth saving anyway.

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  Believe, Reality, Weapons

  Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 7-12”, p.2361, Penguin

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• Hospital waits are bad ones. The fact that they happen to pretty much all of us, sooner or later, doesn't make them any less hideous.

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  Waiting, Facts, Sooner Or Later

  Jim Butcher (2009). “Small Favor: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.373, Penguin

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• Hello Angel,'Michael rumbled, and leaned over to give the woman a kiss on the cheek. She accepted it with all the loving tolerance of a Komodo dragon. 'Don't you hello angel me. Do you know what I had to go through to find a baby-sitter, get all the way out here, get the money together and then get the sword back for you?

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  Baby, Angel, Kissing

  Jim Butcher (2008). “Grave Peril: Book three of The Dresden Files”, p.42, Penguin

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• We're all so damned fragile.

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  Fragile

  Jim Butcher (2010). “Changes: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.206, Penguin

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• Chocolate fends off all kinds of nasty stuff. And if you get hungry while warding off evil, you have a snack. It's multipurpose equipment.

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  Snacks, Evil, Chocolate

  Jim Butcher (2004). “Blood Rites: Book six of The Dresden Files”, p.49, Penguin

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• Thomas was an annoying wiseass who tended to make everyone he met want to kill him, and when I have that much in common with someone, I can't help but like him a little.

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  Want, Littles, Helping

  Jim Butcher (2004). “Blood Rites: Book six of The Dresden Files”, p.18, Penguin

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• Screw up my life?" He stared at me for a second and then said, deadpan, "I'm a five-foot-three, thirty-seven-year-old, single, Jewish medical examiner who needs to pick up his lederhosen from the dry cleaners so that he can play in a one-man polka band at Oktoberfest tomorrow." He pushed up his glasses with his forefinger, folded his arms, and said, "Do your worst.

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  Men, Feet, Glasses

  Jim Butcher (2006). “Dead Beat: A Novel of The Dresden Files”, p.63, Penguin

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• A pair of dolphins swept by us in the water, flicking their heads out to get a look at us as they went. One of them made a chittering sound that wasn't very melodic. The other twitched its tail and splashed a little water our way, all in good fun. They weren't the attractive Flipper kind of dolphins. They were regular dolphins that aren't as pretty and don't get cast on television. Maybe they just refused to sell out and see a plastic surgeon. I held up a fist to them. Represent.

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  Fun, Water, Pairs

  Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 7-12”, p.2227, Penguin

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• Life is precious, fragile, fleeting - and Murphy's life was one of my favorites.

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  Fleeting, Life Is Precious, Murphy

  Jim Butcher (2011). “Ghost Story: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.161, Penguin

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• You can't abandon life just because it's scary, and just because you get hurt.

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  Hurt, Scary, Abandon

  Jim Butcher (2009). “Turn Coat: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.31, Penguin

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• Where is your unit?" Murphy asked. I wiggled my eyebrows at her. "Right where it's always been, dollface.

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  Eyebrows, Units, Murphy

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

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  Knights, Games, Looks

  Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 7-12”, p.3353, Penguin

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