21 quotes found
“Magic. It can get a guy killed.”
“A technicality I'm prepared to hide wildly behind.”
“It's tough for magic to argue with physics, most of the time.”
“Kids. You gotta love them. I adore children. A little salt, a squeeze of lemon--perfect.”
“I think that men ought to treat women like something other than weaker men with breasts.”
“Do you have a little white dress? I've had this deep-seated nurse fantasy about you, Murphy.”
“I don't want to live in a world where the strong rule and the weak cower. I'd rather make a place where things are a little quieter. Where trolls stay the hell under their bridges and where elves d...”
“You don't go walking into the proverbial lion's den lightly. You start with a good breakfast.”
“I'd made the vampire cry. Great. I felt like a real superhero. Harry Dresden, breaker of monsters' hearts.”
“Harry," Bob drawled, his eye lights flickering smugly, "what you know about women, I could juggle.”
“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 Michig...”
“Maybe my values are outdated, but I come from an old school of thought. I think that men ought to treat women like something other than just shorter, weaker men with breasts. Try and convict me if ...”
“HARRY DRESDENWIZARD Lost Items Found. Paranormal Investigations. Consulting. Advice. Reasonable Rates. No Love Potions, Endless Purses, Parties, or Other Entertainment”
“I was seducing shepherdesses when you weren't a twinkle in your great-grandcestor's eyes. I think I know what I'm doing.”
“You're supposed to be a spirit of intellect. I don't understand why you're obsessed with sex."Bob's voice got defensive. "It's an academic interest, Harry.""Oh yeah? Well maybe I don't think it's f...”
“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. ...”
“When I'm in turmoil, when I can't think, when I'm exhausted and afraid and feeling very, very alone, I go for walks. It's just one of those things I do. I walk and I walk and sooner or later someth...”
“Raw power doesn't determine all that you can do with magic. Focus matters, too. The better your focus is, the better you are at putting your power in one place at the same time, the more you can ge...”
“Smiling always seems to annoy people more than actually insulting them. Or maybe I just have an annoying smile.”
“Paranoid? Probably. But just because you're paranoid doesn't mean that there isn't an invisible demon about to eat your face.”
“She studied my face for a long minute. "Are you going to help my mom?" It was a simple question. But how do you tell a child that things just aren't that simple, that some questions don't have simp...”
