Bigots see something they expect and then they stop thinking about what is in front of them. It's probably how they got to be bigots in the first place.
Jim ButcherWe 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 his head. "Because Thomas is too pretty to die. And because I'm too stubborn to die." I hauled on the shirt even harder. "And most of all because tomorrow is Oktoberfest, Butters, and polka will never die.
Jim ButcherThere's power in the night. There's terror in the darkness. Despite all our accumulated history, learning, and experience, we remember. We remember times when we were too small to reach the light switch on the wall, and when darkness itself was enough to make us cry out in fear.
Jim ButcherI guess maybe you donโt get to be the Merlin of the White Council by saving up frequent-flier miles
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