Now I feel like James Bond. Suave and intelligent, breaking all the codes while looking fabulous.

I just stood there staring, because while I've seen a lot of weird things, I hadn't ever seen that.

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

You know the law, Dresden." "He who kills the cheer springs for beer," chanted the rest of the table.

The impossible we do immediately. The unimaginable takes a little while.

My office is in a building in midtown Chicago. It's an older building, and not in the best of shape, especially since there was that problem with the elevator last year. I don't care what anyone says, that wasn't my fault. when a giant scorpion the size of an Irish wolfhound is tearing its way through the roof of your elevator car, you get real willing to take desperate measures.

Evil isn’t the real threat to the world. Stupid is just as destructive as Evil, maybe more so, and it’s a hell of a lot more common. What we really need is a crusade against Stupid. That might actually make a difference.