The human mind is not a terribly logical or consistent place.

It's all right to be afraid. You just don't let it stop you from doing your job.

Mister Dresden is a diplomatically challenged individual. He should be in a shelter for the tactless.

Hello Angel,'Michael rumbled, and leaned over to give the woman a kiss on the cheek. She accepted it with all the loving tolerance of a Komodo dragon. 'Don't you hello angel me. Do you know what I had to go through to find a baby-sitter, get all the way out here, get the money together and then get the sword back for you?

I'm brilliant as well as skilled," he said modestly. "It's a great burden, all of that on top of my angelic good looks. But I try to soldier on as best I can.

Laughter, like love, has power to survive the worst things life has to offer. And to do it with style.

There is the world that should be and the world that is. We live in one and must create the other.