Father Gregory laid a hand on his shoulder. "Sometimes life knocks us to our knees." His hand tightened briefly. "But that's a damn good position to pray from.

It was not accustomed to being summoned.

I think when magic is dark enough, it can look like anything it wants.

Go do your thing, magic girl.

Bez blew out a breath and leaned heavily against the bar. "Honestly, D, you're better off busting your subversive cherry with something else. A nice werewolf killing. A vampire blood drive.

Ain't good to talk too much about infernal affairs if you can avoid it. Tends to make certain things stand up and pay attention.

Wrong. This was wrong. A list of words raced through his head. Apostate, heretic, pagan.Witch.

A chaotic mix of emotions churned inside him. Relief. Anger. Longing. She was the last person in the world he wanted to see. She was the only person in the world he wanted to see.

How could I fall asleep, when I love the pleasure of reading and writing at night?

Our true nationality is mankind.

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word-excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.

They hurt each other without wanting to, just because each represented to the others the cruel and demanding necessity of their lives.

Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value. ... Unqualified judgment can at most claim to decide the market-value - a value that can be in inverse proportion to the intrinsic value.

Because of styles people are separated. Research your own experience, absorb what is useful, reject what is useless, add what is essentially your own.

The normal food of man is vegetable.

Contented children are valuable, as is the peace that surrounds them.

Wisdom is the repose of the mind.

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.