All right. Tell me what I'm looking at." From the improvised Rolling Stones T-shirt bag tied to my sash, Bob the Skull said, in his most caustic voice, "A giant pair of cartoon lips." I muttered a curse and fumbled with the shirt until one of the skull's glowing orange eye sockets was visible. A big goofy magic nerd!" Bob said.

Life is precious, fragile, fleeting - and Murphy's life was one of my favorites.

Troubleshooters?" Michael asked. "When there's trouble," I told him, "they shoot it.

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

Many things are not as they seem: The worst things in life never are.

You're such a cynic," Molly said. "I think cynics are playful and cute.

Courage is about learning how to function despite the fear, to put aside your instincts to run or give in completely to the anger born from fear. Courage is about using your brain and your heart when every cell of your body is screaming at your to fight or flee - and then following through on what you believe is the right thing to do.