Knight takes Knight,” I called into the cloudy night air. “Check.

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

I felt like I had just double-tapped Santa.

Don't mess with a wizard when he's wizarding!

Love is another kind of power, which shouldn't surprise you. Magic comes from emotions, among other things.

My laboratory,' I said, experimentally, drawing out each syllable. 'Why is it that saying it like that always makes me want to follow it with 'mwoo-hah-hah-hahhhhh'? ' 'You were overexposed to Hammer Films as a child?' - Harry Dresden & Bob the Skull, Changes, Jim Butcher

It bothered me that he was right. Without Sir Stuart's intervention, I'd have been dead again already. That's right--you heard me: dead again already. I mean, come on. How screwed up is your life (after- or otherwise) when you find yourself needing phrases like that?