Mab turned back to me and eyed me up and down. She quirked one eyebrow, very slightly, somehow conveying layers of disapproval toward multiple aspects of my appearance, conduct, and situation, and said, 'Finally.' 'Thereโs been a lot on my mind,' I replied. 'It seems unlikely that your cares will lighten,' Queen Mab replied. 'Improve your mind.'
Jim ButcherHave you ever felt despair? Absolute hopelessness? Have you ever stood in the darkness and known, deep in your heart, in your spirit, that it was never, ever going to get better? That something had been lost, forever, and that it wasn't coming back?
Jim ButcherI got the sneaking suspicion that the vampire was a couple of Peeps short of an Easter basket.
Jim ButcherA bunch of people are gonna be mad at me, Iโve got some kind of medical issue thatโs going to kill me in a while if I donโt deal with it, oh, and the islandโs blowing up tomorrow and taking a whole lot of the country with it if I donโt fix it.โ Thomas gave me a steady look. โSo,โ he said. โSame old, same old.
Jim Butcher