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21 " They say screwy things, make odd choices which, in retrospect, they feel amazingly foolish for making. "
― Jim Butcher , Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)
22 " I’ve often wished that I had some suave and socially acceptable hobby that I could fall back on in times like this. You know, play the violin (or was it the viola?) like Sherlock Holmes, or maybe twiddle away on the pipe organ like the Disney version of Captain Nemo. "
23 " several bulging bookshelves which I really will organize one day. "
24 " He had no frame of reference, and couldn’t read—most faeries were studiously averse to print. "
25 " I hope you’re one of the good guys, Mr. Dresden. We really need a good guy. I "
26 " Magic came from life itself, from the interaction of nature and the elements, from the energy of all living beings, and especially of people. "
27 " Maybe my values are outdated, but I come from an old school of thought.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. "
28 " The phone rang again almost the instant I put it down, making me jump. I peered at it. I don’t trust electronics. Anything manufactured after the forties is suspect— "
29 " I looked, noted details mechanically, and quietly shut the door on the part of my head that had started screaming the second I entered the room. "
30 " But just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean that there isn’t an invisible demon about to eat your face. "
31 " Paranoid? Probably. But just because you "
32 " Subtle and quick to anger?” “Not so subtle. "
33 " Paranoid? Probably. But just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean that there isn’t an invisible demon about to eat your face. "
34 " wizards don’t use magic to kill people. They use it to discover, to protect, to mend, to help. Not to destroy. "
35 " The world is getting weirder. Darker every single day. Things are spinning around faster and faster, and threatening to go completely awry. Falcons and falconers. The center cannot hold. "
36 " I don’t trust electronics. Anything manufactured after the forties is suspect—and doesn’t seem to have much liking for me. You name it: cars, radios, telephones, TVs, VCRs—none of them seem to behave well for me. "
37 " I shook my head, bewildered. They say we wizards are subtle. But believe you me, we’ve got nothing, nothing at all, on women. "
38 " Kids. You gotta love them. I adore children. A little salt, a squeeze of lemon—perfect. "
39 " I’d made the vampire cry. Great. I felt like a real superhero. Harry Dresden, breaker of monsters’ hearts. "
40 " Murphy appeared again as soon as I hung up the phone. ‘Tell me you didn’t just make a date, Dresden.’ ‘You’re just jealous. "