Any time I’m not shooting my mouth off to a clichéd, two-bit creature of the night like you, it’s because I’m up to something.

The building was on fire, and it wasn’t my fault.

When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching - they are your family.

Laugh whenever you can. Keeps you from killing yourself when things are bad. That and vodka.

I've always felt that the best whips and chains are in the mind. With a little creativity, the physical ones are hardly necessary.

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I checked my gear, my pockets, my shoelaces, and realized that I had crossed the line between making sure I was ready and trying to postpone the inevitable.

I'd made the vampire cry. Great. I felt like a real superhero. Harry Dresden, breaker of monsters' hearts.

Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of trauma, I will fear no concussion.

I died. I died and someone made a clerical error and I am in Heaven.

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

In the struggle between the “needs” of the soul and the “wants” of the body, satisfy the soul first for it carries also the riches of the body.

The only thing that you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library.

By my hand and for the good of the state

I wish you luck,' she said, kissing him on the cheek. He still had the most beautiful eyes of any boy she'd ever seen. But now her heart beat so much faster for someone else.

When there is love in the heart, there are rainbows in the eyes, which cover every black cloud with gorgeous hues.

Discipline, Norah. If you're going to taunt them, remember to stick out your tongue.

Live dead. Alive to Christ, dead to self.

The winning team has a dedication. It will have a core of veteran players who set the standards. They will not accept defeat.

I think people just love to win.

After I write, I have nothing to say. The commentary afterwards is superfluous. I write. And that's enough.