Magic comes from what is inside you. It is a part of you. You can't weave together a spell that you don't beleive in.

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

The movie of my life must be really low budget.

There's a fine line between audacity and idiocy.

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Never let it be said that Harry Dresden is afraid of a dried, dead bug. Creepy or not, I wasn't going to let it ruin my concentration. So I scooped it up with the corner of the phone book and popped it into the middle drawer of my desk. Out of sight, out of mind. So I have a problem with creepy, dead, poisonous things. So sue me.

I choose my battles, Dresden. Not you." She looked up at me calmly. "Let me put this in terms that will get through your skull: My friend is going to save a child from monsters. I'm going with him. That's what friends do, Harry.