I'd been in hairier situations than this one. Actually, it's sort of depressing, thinking how many times I'd been in them. But if experience had taught me anything, it was this: No matter how screwed up things are, they can get a whole lot worse.

The distinction between good and evil is meaningless if one does not have the freedom to choose between them.

Fear is bred from ignorance. So knowledge is a weapon against it, and reason is the tool of knowledge.

Me and polite have never been on close terms.

Son. Everyone dies alone. That's what it is. It's a door. It's one person wide. When you go through it, you do it alone. But it doesn't mean you've got to be alone before you go through the door. And believe me, you aren't alone on the other side.

I slammed the doors open a little harder than I needed to, stalked out to the Blue Beetle, and drove away with all the raging power the ancient four-cylinder engine should muster. Behold the angry wizard puttputt-putting away.

You don’t have to run faster than the bear to get away. You just have to run faster than the guy next to you.