If there's one thing I may be, possibly irrationally, selfish with, it's my books.

And now, because of mum spoiling her and being too chummy with her, the help is way too comfortable with us and has grown bold enough to borrow books from me. The first time she asked, I was okay with loaning her that specific book she wanted, but still really not ( Read more... )

So do we pass the ghosts that haunt us later in our lives; they sit undramatically by the roadside like poor beggars, and we see them only from the corners of our eyes, if we see them at all. The idea that they have been waiting there for us rarely if ever crosses our minds. Yet they do wait, and when we have passed, they gather up their bundles of ( Read more... )

I think I can imagine Benedict Cumberbatch as Roland Deschain.

Or that could just be me and my Cumbercraziness.

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Harry: At what point in the wedding does it happen, exactly?

Bob: You mean, when will it be too late?

Harry: Yeah, I mean, when they say, 'I do,' when they swap rings, or what?

Bob: Rings and vows, way overrated.

Murphy: It's the kiss, Harry. It's the kiss.

Bob: Buffy's right!

- Harry Dresden, "Something Borrowed" (in Side Jobs: Stories From The Dresden ( Read more... )

I let out a battle cry. Sure, a lot of people might have mistaken it for a sudden yelp of unmanly fear, but trust me: It was a battle cry.

- Harry Dresden, "Something Borrowed" (in Side Jobs: Stories From The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher)

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Expect to be bombarded with more Dresden Files quotes and excerpts while I devour Side Jobs: Stories From The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher. Then I go into withdrawal because I have to wait around 6 months for my next fix of the series. @___@"

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Harry: Feel like saving the day?

Murphy: On the weekend? Sounds too much like work.

Harry: I'll pay you in doughnuts.

Murphy: Dresden, you pig. That cop-doughnut thing is a vicious stereotype.

Harry: Doughnuts with little pink sprinkles.

Murphy: Professional profiling is just as bad as racial profiling.

Harry: Yeah. But I know you want the little pink ( Read more... )

I'm not even sure I can claim to be the author of this piece, since it was almost entirely written by a coalition of caffeine molecules and exhausted twitches.

- Jim Butcher, on writing short story "Vignette" (from Side Jobs: Stories From The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher)

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