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- 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…
- Growing up is all about getting hurt. And then getting over it. You hurt. You recover. You move on. Odds are pretty good you're just…
- As in 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'?" The skull howled with laughter. "You just got your ass handed to you by a nursery tale?""I wouldn't…
- Let's sum up: an unknown number of enemies with unknown capabilities, supported by a gang of madmen, packs of attack animals, and superhumanly intelligent pocket…
- Of course Evil's afoot. If it had switched to the metric system it'd be up to a meter by now.
- You're in America now," I said. "Our idea of diplomacy is showing up with a gun in one hand and a sandwich in the other…
- There's more magic in a baby's first giggle than in any firestorm a wizard can conjure up, and don't let anyone tell you any different.
- Rain was coming down in sheets. I could hear it, on the concrete outside and on the old building above me. It creaked and swayed…
- I'd been in hairier situations than this one. Actually, it's sort of depressing, thinking how many times I'd been in them. But if experience had…
- Heroism doesn't pay very well. I try to be cold-blooded and money-oriented, but I keep screwing it up.
- We are not going to die." Butters stared up at me, pale, his eyes terrified. "We're not?" No. And do you know why?" He shook…
- Laughter is good for you. Nine out of ten stand-up comedians recommend laughter in the face of intense stupidity.
- Rule number one of the wizarding business. Never let them see you sweat. People expect us to know things. It can be a big advantage.…
- Regardless of what I think about Islam or Wicca or any other religion, the fact is that it's a group of people. Every faith has…
- That’s the problem with you nearly immortal types,” I said. “You couldn’t spot a pop culture reference if it skittered up and implanted an embryo…
- I guess maybe you don’t get to be the Merlin of the White Council by saving up frequent-flier miles
- Any time I’m not shooting my mouth off to a clichéd, two-bit creature of the night like you, it’s because I’m up to something.
- I choose my battles, Dresden. Not you." She looked up at me calmly. "Let me put this in terms that will get through your skull:…
- Murphy hung up and I said, to the still-open line, "Hey, if you've got someone watching my place, could you call the cops if anyone…
- Every soul is special. They’re all beautiful. They’re all far more significant than anyone on this rock realizes. I think when people are at their…
- I stared up at the Erlking, and with my typical pithy brilliance said, "Uh-oh.
- Susan hardly had begun to slow down when Tera appeared from between a couple of buildings and loped over to the car. I leaned forward,…
- Age is always advancing and I'm fairly sure it's up to no good.
- There was a sound like a human yawn, and then the skull turned slightly toward me and asked, "What's up, boss?" "Evil's afoot." "Well, sure,"…
- Karrin Murphy led the charge, and Sanya and I tried to keep up. She went through that sea of foes like a little speedboat, her…
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- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and then they can… — Hannah Arendt
- I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up… — J. J. Abrams
- All virtue is summed up in dealing justly. — Aristotle
- Growing up, my ideals were Barbra Streisand, Cher, and my mom. — Kevyn Aucoin
- When I was growing up, the men in my life were abusive; women were the ones I ran to for comfort. — Kevyn Aucoin
- Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see… — Paul Auster
- Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to swallow them… — Paul Auster
- Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside… — Diane Ackerman
- I write the paragraph, then I'm crossing out, changing words, trying to improve it. When it seems more or less OK, then… — Paul Auster
- Get this in mind early: We never grow up. — Richard Bach
- People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that they've grown old. — Billie Joe Armstrong