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Maybe the Merlin was right. Maybe its better to look stupid but strong, than it is to look smart but weak, I don't know. I'm not sure I want to believe that the world stage bears that strong a resemblance to high school. (Jim Butcher)
I was seducing shepherdesses when you weren't a twinkle in your great-grandcestor's eyes. I think I know what I'm doing. View quote
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No rest for the wicked, Bob, and that means that we can't slack off either, or they'll outwork us. View quote
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Here had lived someone else who knew that the only thing waiting at home was a sense of loneliness. Sometimes it is comforting. Most often, it isn't. View quote
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If you can't manage courtesy, try silence. View quote
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My head was throbbing, and my hands were shaking, but I went down the ladder to my workroom - and started figuring out how to rip someone's heart out of his chest from fifty miles away. Who says I never do anything fun on a Friday night? View quote
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It was one of those moments that would have had dramatic music if my life were a movie, but instead I got a radio jingle for some kind of submarine sandwich place blaring over the store's ambient stereo. The movie ofmy life must be really low-budget. View quote
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I've done smarter things in my life. Once, for example, I threw myself out of a moving car in order to take on a truckload of lycanthropes singlehandedly." ~Harry Dresden. View quote
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Pansy," Murphy sneered. Thomas leered at her. "You make my stamen tingle when you talk like that, Sergeant. View quote
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Do you have a little white dress? I've had this deep-seated nurse fantasy about you, Murphy. View quote
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Knowledge is your weapon...Kill them with it. (Jim Butcher)
Keep it up, wise guy. I'm always going to be taller than you once you're lying unconscious on the ground. View quote
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There is no truer gauge of a man's character than the way in which he employs his strength, his power. View quote
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Many women have earned titles, Your Grace. It doesn't seem to have been a factor in whether or not they actually received them. View quote
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For me chivalry isn't dead; it's an involuntary reflex. View quote
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You know the law, Dresden." "He who kills the cheer springs for beer," chanted the rest of the table. View quote
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I can't be under arrest now... I don't have time. View quote
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My brief flash of relief and confidence melted away. Good thing it did, too. I'm sure the world would come to an end if I were allowed to feel a sense of relief and well-being for any length of time. View quote
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He's Gandalf on crack and an IV of Red Bull, with a big leather coat and a.44 revolver in his pocket. View quote
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I'm sure that you psychotic necro-wannabes with delusions of godhood are all about sharing with your fellow maniacs. View quote
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He wasn't evil as much as magnificently innocent of any kind of morality. (Jim Butcher)
Bob, would you be willing to take on Evil Bob?" Bob's eyes darted nervously. "I'd... prefer not to. I'd really, really prefer not to. You have no idea. That me was crazy. And buff. He worked out. View quote
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The only good thing about having your back to the wall is that it makes it really easy to choose which way you're going to go. View quote
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Uh, the Council," I said. "Big shock, they aren't helping." Murphy looked like she might be asleep, but she snorted. "So we're on our own." Yeah." Good. It's more familiar. View quote
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Being here? With you? I've met my subconscious, and he's not that sick. View quote
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