Dresden Quotes

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Laugh whenever you can. Keeps you from killing yourself when things are bad. That and vodka.

The Islamic method of waging war is not to kill innocent civilians, but it was Christians in World War II who bombed civilians in Dresden and Hiroshima, neither of which were military targets.

I'd made the vampire cry. Great. I felt like a real superhero. Harry Dresden, breaker of monsters' hearts.

The attack on Dresden, which was overflowing with refugees, on February 13th 1945 caused around 250,000 dead.

I died. I died and someone made a clerical error and I am in Heaven.

There's always, always a choice. My options might really, truly suck, but that doesn't mean there isn't a choice.

You rush a miracle worker, you get lousy miracles!

Everyone is down on pain, because they forget something important about it: Pain is for the living. Only the dead don't feel it.

In the name of the Pizza Lord. Charge!

Heroism doesn't pay very well. I try to be cold-blooded and money-oriented, but I keep screwing it up.

Bring it, Darth Bathrobe!

Vanity, thy name is vampire.

You predicted quick victory. Now it’s going to get hopelessly complicated. Jesus, don’t you know any better than that by now?

I don't believe in faeries!

Most of the bad guys in the real world don't know that they are bad guys. You don't get a flashing warning sign that you're about to damn yourself. It sneaks up on you when you aren't looking.

The best thing about my faerie godmother is that the creepy just keeps on coming.

Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean there isn't somebody watching.

Life would be unbearably dull if we had answers to all our questions.

Fire isn't always an element of destruction. Classical alchemical doctrine teaches that it also has dominion over another province: change.

I ask people impertinent questions. Hopefully turning up pertinent answers.

There’s nothing that makes you more insane than family. Or more happy. Or more exasperated. Or more . . . secure.

Hope is a force of nature. Don't let anyone tell you different.

Laughter is good for you. Nine out of ten stand-up comedians recommend laughter in the face of intense stupidity.

Fear is a part of life. It's a warning mechanism. That's all. It tells you when there's danger around. Its job is to help you survive. Not cripple you into being unable to do it.

You don't go walking into the proverbial lion's den lightly. You start with a good breakfast.

Magic. It can get a guy killed.

No matter where you go, there you are. (Uriel to Harry Dresden)

I don't know about your true form, but the weight of your ego sure is pushing the crust of the earth toward the breaking point.

Kids. You gotta love them. I adore children. A little salt, a squeeze of lemon--perfect.

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

Its amazing waht you can get used to if your daily allowance of bizarre is high enough.'......Harry Dresden

I'm sure that you psychotic necro-wannabes with delusions of godhood are all about sharing with your fellow maniacs.

In the action business, when you don't want to say you ran like a mouse, you call it 'taking cover.' It's more heroic.

See? This is why I'm not religious. I couldn't possibly keep my mouth shut long enough to get along with everyone else.

A succubus on the set. Strike that, the health-conscious kid sister made it two… succubuses. Succubusees? Succubi? Stupid Latin correspondence course.

Wizards and computers get along about as well as flamethrowers and libraries.

So. You get handed a holy sword by an archangel, told to go fight the forces of evil, and you somehow remain an atheist. Is that what you're saying?

When I look back on the townscapes now, they do seem to me to recall certain images of the destruction of Dresden during the war.

At Dresden on the Elbe, that handsome city, Where straw hats, verses, and cigars are made, They've built (it well may make us feel afraid,) A music club and music warehouse pretty.

You're such a cynic," Molly said. "I think cynics are playful and cute.

Ack!" I said. Fearless master of the witty dialogue, that's me.

Harry Dresden. Saving the world, one act of random destruction at a time.

There should be a rule against your own inner monologue throwing around that much sarcasm.

Knowledge is the ultimate weapon. It always has been.

We have now left Reason and Sanity Junction. Next stop, Looneyville.

Do you have a little white dress? I've had this deep-seated nurse fantasy about you, Murphy.

Time after time, history demonstrates that when people don't want to believe something, they have enormous skills of ignoring it altogether.

He had hard, steady eyes, and all the comforting, reassuring charm of a dental drill. - Harry Dresden describing Morgan

Nobody can be bad at everything. There’s no such thing as a perfect screwup.

Seedy wasn't a fair description for the place, because seeds imply eventual regrowth and renewal.