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

The building was on fire, and it wasn’t my fault.

When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching - they are your family.

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

I've always felt that the best whips and chains are in the mind. With a little creativity, the physical ones are hardly necessary.

HARRY DRESDEN—WIZARD Lost Items Found. Paranormal Investigations. Consulting. Advice. Reasonable Rates. No Love Potions, Endless Purses, Parties, or Other Entertainment

I checked my gear, my pockets, my shoelaces, and realized that I had crossed the line between making sure I was ready and trying to postpone the inevitable.

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

Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of trauma, I will fear no concussion.

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

There is the world that should be and the world that is. We live in one and must create the other.

As you build trust in yourself, your ability to expand your vision and fully live in your magnificence is amplified.

Anyone out without the excuse of a dog should be handcuffed and searched for loneliness.

Layer by layer art strips life bare.

I'm playing like Tarzan-and scoring like Jane.

Without allegiance to the Constitution it doesn't matter one hill of beans which party is in power!

Having a personal philosophy is like having a pet marmoset, because it may be very attractive when you acquire it, but there may be situations when it will not come in handy at all.

I like the idea of reading into people's faces when they're not emoting. Some people are fascinated, some are sympathizing.

I didn't know at the time that the energy that I was giving off was like a battle Emcee.

I am an observer of life, a non-participant who takes no sides. I am in the regimented society, but not of it.

I love my friends. I love my love-life. I love my hobbies. I love eating.