Susan hardly had begun to slow down when Tera appeared from between a couple of buildings and loped over to the car. I leaned forward, opened the door, and she got into the backseat. I threw her the extra clothes I had picked up, and she began to dress without comment. It worked," I said. "We did it." Of course it worked," Tera said. "Men are foolish. They will stare at anything female and naked.
Jim ButcherWe all must die. There is no better way to do so than in the pursuit of something you love.
Jim ButcherHospital waits are bad ones. The fact that they happen to pretty much all of us, sooner or later, doesn't make them any less hideous.
Jim ButcherIt was never too late to learn something. The past is unalterable in any event. The future is the only thing we can change. Learning the lessons of the past is the only way to shape the present and the future.
Jim ButcherGo back,โ he said. โCanโt. Stand aside?โ โCanโt.โ โSo itโs like that?โ I said. Fix exhaled. Then he nodded. โYeah.โ And for the first time in a decade the Winter Knight and Summer Knight went to war.
Jim ButcherI lunged, low and quick, and drove about a foot of cold steel into his danglies. Hey, I don't care what kind of fearie or mortal or hideous creature you are. If you've got danglies, and can loose them, that's the kind of sight that makes you reconsider the possible genitalia-related ramifications of your actions real damned quick.
Jim Butcher