I'd made the vampire cry. Great. I felt like a real superhero. Harry Dresden, breaker of monsters' hearts.

Me and polite have never been on close terms.

My magic. That was at the heart of me. It was a manifestation of what I believed, what I lived. It came from my desire to see to it that someone stood between the darkness and the people it would devour.

Whenever it gets too dark, think of the good things you have, the good times you've had. It will help. I promise.

Likest thou jelly within thy doughnut?

There are some people who will never understand what loyalty means. They could tell you what it was, of course, but they will never know.They will never see it from the inside. They couldn't imagine a world where something like that was real.

You don't take your cat with you to go bird shopping. Not because the cat isn't polite, but because he's a cat.