If your opponent has you by fifty pounds, winning a fight against him is a dubious proposition, at best. If your opponent has you by eight thousand and fifty pounds, you’ve left the realm of combat and enrolled yourself in Road-kill 101. Or possibly in a Tom and Jerry cartoon.

Animals do not do what they have done. Animals kill to eat, to defend themselves or their own, and to protect their territory. Not for the joy of it. Not for the lust of it...Only humans do that, wizard.

Billy squinted at me. "Why are you letting them go?" "Because they're real." "How do you know?" "The one I was holding crapped on my hand.

People love dogs. You can never go wrong adding a dog to the story.

I guess maybe you don’t get to be the Merlin of the White Council by saving up frequent-flier miles

Molly, you are a good person. Don't let anyone take that away from you. Not even yourself.

I had to smile at the man. I mean, you have to smile at idiots and children.