Erlking,” I told her. “Big-time bad guy. Wants to eat me.” “Why?” she asked. “Well. I met him,” I said.

For the sake of one soul. For one loved one. For one life." I called power into my blasting rod, and its tip glowed incandescent white. "The way I see it, there's nothing else worth fighting a war for" -Harry Dresden

Death is only frightening from the near side.

Thomas has the kind of whiter-than-white boyish grin that makes women's panties spontaneously evaporate.

For the record, surgeries aren't pretty. there's a hideous sense of intimately inappropriate exposure to another human being, and it feel something like accidentally walking in on a naked parent. Only there's more gore. Bits are exposed that just shouldn't be out in the open, and they're covered in blood. Its embarrassing, disgusting, and unsettling all at the same time." Harry Dresden, Turn Coat.

In the action business, when you don't want to say you ran like a mouse, you call it 'taking cover.' It's more heroic.

Smiling always seems to annoy people more than actually insulting them. Or maybe I just have an annoying smile.