Jim Butcher

Let come the forces of night! We will stand!" "We will get the hell out of here is what we will do," I muttered.

Bob, would you be willing to take on Evil Bob?"Bob's eyes darted nervously. "I'd . . . prefer not to. I'd really, really prefer not to. You have no idea. That me was crazy. And buff. He worked out.

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

It's all right to be afraid. You just don't let it stop you from doing your job.

It's tough for magic to argue with physics, most of the time.

I'm dealing with a lot of scary things. I think you have to react to them. And you either laugh at them or you go insane.

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 don't come swooping out to snatch children from their cradles. Where vampires respect the limits, and where the faeries mind their p's and q's. My name is Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden. Conjure by it at your own risk. When things get strange, when what goes bump in the night flicks on the lights, when no one else can help you, give me a call. I'm in the book.

There're things we keep hidden from one another. Things we hide from ourselves. Things that are kept hidden from us. And things no one knows. You always learn the damnedest things at the worst possible times.

It isn't good to hold on too hard to the past. You can't spend your whole life looking back. Not even when you can't see what lies ahead. All you can do is keep on keeping on, and try to believe that tomorrow will be what it should be__ven if it isn't what you expected.

Isana felt her throat tighten. "We failed." Serai lifted her chin and patted Isana's arm firmly."We have not yet succeeded. There is a difference.

HOW CAN YOU KNOW THIS?_ the Voice demanded.__ look at things and think about them,_ Folly replied. __nd use my intuition, of course, and deduction and induction, as well as any historical or theoretical models that seem to apply.

There are things you can't walk away from. Not if you want to live with yourself afterward.

Many things are not as they seem: The worst things in life never are.

I am blind and limited. I would be a fool think myself wise. And so, not knowing what the universe means, I can only try to be responsible with the knowledge, the strength, and the time given to me. I must be true to my heart.

Pain is a byproduct of life. That__ the truth. Life sometimes sucks. That__ true for everyone. But if you don__ face the pain and the suck, you don__ ever get the other things either. Laughter. Joy. Love. Pain passes, but those things are worth fighting for. Worth dying for.

I know how you feel," I said. "You run into something you totally don't get, and it's scary as hell. But once you learn something about it, it gets easier to handle. Knowledge counters fear. It always has.

Knowledge is the ultimate weapon. It always has been.

Son. Everyone dies alone. That's what it is. It's a door. It's one person wide. When you go through it, you do it alone. But it doesn't mean you've got to be alone before you go through the door. And believe me, you aren't alone on the other side.