It doesn't make you a monster to want, she said, her voice very gentle. It's what you do with it that matters.

He gave me an inscrutable look that said maybe he would and maybe he wouldn't. Mister was a cat, and cats generally considered it the obligation of the universe to provide shelter, sustenance, and amusement as required. I think Mister considered it beneath his dignity to plan for the future.

Wait. You work for me?" "I prefer to think of it as managing your incompetence.

Souls, I said. I mean, you always wonder if they're real. Even if you believe in them, you still have to wonder: Is my existence just this body? Is there really something more? Do I really have a soul?Uriel's smile blossomed again. You've got it backward, Harry, he said. You are a soul. You have a body.

As a whole, people suck. But a person can be extraordinary

My gast was pretty well flabbered.

I sometimes give myself excellent advice. Occasionally, I even listen to it.