Because a sound tree doesn't have bad roots, Amara. No enterprise of greatness begins with treachery, with lying to the people who trust and love you

Dammit, Dresden, if you want to know about me, wait for the autobiography like everyone else.

It doesn't make you a monster to want, she said, her voice very gentle. It's what you do with it that matters.

Honey, I liked the Harry Potter movies, too, but that doesn’t mean I ran out and got a Dark Mark tattooed onto my left forearm like you did.

Wizards and computers get along about as well as flamethrowers and libraries.

I think that men ought to treat women like something other than weaker men with breasts.

Answer my question, Dresden,' Nicodemus growled. 'What is that?' 'A precaution against getting stuck in deep snow,' I said. 'He's training to be a Saint Bernard.' 'Excuse me?' Nicodemus said. I mimed covering one of Mouse's ears with my hand and stage-whispered, 'Don't tell him that they don't actually carry kegs of booze on their collars. Break his little heart.