Death is only frightening from the near side.

A bolt of warmth, fierce with joy and pride and gratitude, flashed through me like sudden lightning. I don't care about whose DNA has recombined with whose. When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching-they are your family. And they were my heroes.

All of those faeries and duels and mad queens and so on, and no one quoted old Billy Shakespeare. Not even once.

I had to smile at the man. I mean, you have to smile at idiots and children.

No rest for the wicked, Bob, and that means that we can't slack off either, or they'll outwork us.

Right,' Thomas said. 'Where are we headed?' 'To where they treat me like royalty,' I said. 'We're going to Burger King?' I rubbed the heel of my hand against my forehead and spelled fratricide in a subvocal mutter, but I had to spell out temporary insanity and justifiable homicide, too, before I calmed down enough to speak politely. 'Just take a left and drive. Please.' 'Well,' Thomas said, grinning, 'since you said 'please' - Thomas Raith & Harry Dresden, Small Favor, Jim Butcher

Whenever you've got a choice, do good, kiddo. It isn't always fun or easy, but in the long run it makes your life better.