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21 " All of you, hear me." Michael said quietly. He turned and stood between them - Fallen angels and monsters and scoundrels and mortal fiends - and me. "You think your power is what shapes the world you walk in. But that is an illusion. Your choices shape your world. You think your power will protect you from the consequences of those choices. But you are wrong. You create your own rewards. There is a Judge. There is Justice in this world. And one day you will receive what you have earned. Choose carefully. "
― Jim Butcher , Skin Game (The Dresden Files, #15)
22 " You’re a genuine Greek god. You’re the Lord of the Underworld. And . . . you named your dog Spot? "
23 " I nodded and sipped my own. Wow. Mac’s beer is an excellent argument that there is a God, and that furthermore, He wants us to be happy. "
24 " I trust you,” she said. Three words. Big ones. Especially coming from her. "
25 " of good confronting evil, of light overcoming darkness, of love transcending hate.” He tilted his head. “Isn’t that where all faith begins? "
26 " Monsters don’t care,” Michael said. “The damned don’t care, Harry. The only way to go beyond redemption is to choose to take yourself there. The only way to do it is to stop caring. "
27 " rocket launcher like it was a coat. Karrin let him, giving him an edged smile that she directed past him, to the shadows where the Genoskwa lurked. “I didn’t kill the accountant,” she said quietly. “Nicodemus said not to.” That surprised me a little. If she wanted to hide herself from me, she didn’t need to go to the effort of lying. All she had to do was stay silent. “He said that to all of us,” I said. "
28 " These evil freaks,” Karrin said. “They always pick the most charming places to hang out. "
29 " I know you haven't burned down any buildings in a while," she said, "but if you start feeling the need... "
30 " Finally, I said, very quietly, 'I don't know if I'm one of the good guys anymore. "
31 " I hate dreams like this,” I said. “There’s no plot—just random weird things happening. I get enough of that when I’m awake. "
32 " I feel stupid.” “Good,” Michael said. “It’s good for everyone to feel that way sometimes. It helps remind you how much you still have to learn. "
33 " Freaking manipulative faeries,” I "
34 " said. Michael "
35 " Thank me when I save your life.” “You’ve done that already,” I said. “Back in the museum.” “So we’re even?” “Once you’ve made that swap, you don’t keep counting, man,” I said. “Drive safe. "
36 " The fastest way for us to help make him into a monster is to look at him like he is one. "
37 " But they were doughnuts of darkness. Evil, damned doughnuts, tainted by the spawn of darkness . . . . . . which could obviously be redeemed only by passing through the fiery, cleansing inferno of a wizardly digestive tract. "
38 " You destroy buildings, fight monsters openly in the streets of the city, work with the police, show up in newspapers, advertise in the phone book, and ride zombie dinosaurs down Michigan Avenue, and think that you work in the shadows? Be reasonable. "
39 " The Blue Beetle was not a clown car," I said severely. "It was a machine of justice. "
40 " You think your power is what shapes the world you walk in. But that is an illusion. Your choices shape your world. You think your power will protect you from the consequences of those choices. But you are wrong. You create your own rewards. There is a Judge. There is Justice in this world. And one day you will receive what you have earned. Choose carefully. "