Have you ever been approached by a grim-looking man, carrying a naked sword with a blade about ten miles long in his hand, in the middle of the night, beneath the stars on the shores of Lake Michigan? If you have, seek professional help. If you have not, then believe you me, it can scare the bejeezus out of you.

Life can be confusing. Good God, and how. Sometimes it seems like the older I get, the more confused I become. That seems ass-backwards. I thought I was supposed to be getting wiser. Instead, I just keep getting hit over the head with my relative insignificance in the greater scheme of the universe. Confusing, life. But it beats the hell out of the alternative.

I've never lost a duel to the death. Not one.

Magic. It can get a guy killed.

No matter where you go, there you are. (Uriel to Harry Dresden)

There are things you can't walk away from. Not if you want to live with yourself afterward.

Worry is fear in disguise. And fear will eat you from the inside out if you let it.