Jim Butcher: I'm amazing and studly, but I have limits.

Here there be monster." Bob whispered, half hysterically. "Run! Run already!

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half monsters running

A bunch of people are gonna be mad at me, I’ve got some kind of medical issue that’s going to kill me in a while if I don’t deal with it, oh, and the island’s blowing up tomorrow and taking a whole lot of the country with it if I don’t fix it.” Thomas gave me a steady look. “So,” he said. “Same old, same old.

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issues islands country

Wait. You work for me?" "I prefer to think of it as managing your incompetence.

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incompetence waiting thinking

Hers was a beauty so pure that it was nearly painful to behold--Athena heading out on a Friday night.

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friday painful night

You think this is going to work? This peaceful summit thing?” “Sure,” I said. After a second, I added, “Probably.” “Probably?” “Maybe,” I said. “We’re down to maybe now?” I shrugged. “We’ll see.

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peaceful said thinking

You killed my dog! Get your affairs in order.

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affair dog order

Fading light means more than just the end of another day. Night is when terrible things emerge from their sleep and seek soft flesh and hot blood.

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sleep night mean

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

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shelter individual should

I always considered myself a loner. I mean, not like a poor-me, Byron-esque, I-should-have-brought-a-swimming-buddy loner. I mean the sort of person who doesn’t feel too upset about the prospect of a weekend spent seeing no one, and reading good books on the couch. It wasn’t like I was a people hater or anything. I enjoyed activities and the company of friends. But they were a side dish. I always thought I would be happy without them.

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reading mean book

Whenever it gets too dark, think of the good things you have, the good times you've had. It will help. I promise.

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dark promise thinking

Where is your unit?" Murphy asked. I wiggled my eyebrows at her. "Right where it's always been, dollface.

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murphy units eyebrows

You can't abandon life just because it's scary, and just because you get hurt.

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abandon scary hurt

Life is precious, fragile, fleeting - and Murphy's life was one of my favorites.

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murphy fleeting life-is-precious

A pair of dolphins swept by us in the water, flicking their heads out to get a look at us as they went. One of them made a chittering sound that wasn't very melodic. The other twitched its tail and splashed a little water our way, all in good fun. They weren't the attractive Flipper kind of dolphins. They were regular dolphins that aren't as pretty and don't get cast on television. Maybe they just refused to sell out and see a plastic surgeon. I held up a fist to them. Represent.

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pairs fun water

Those who deal in magic learn to see the world in a slightly differnt light than everybody else.you gain a perspective you had considered before. A way of thinking that would never have occurred to you with out exposure to the things a wizard sees and hears.When you look in to some ones eyes you see them in that other light and for just a second they see you in the same way.

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light eye thinking

Chocolate fends off all kinds of nasty stuff. And if you get hungry while warding off evil, you have a snack. It's multipurpose equipment.

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snacks chocolate evil

Polka will never die.

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polka dance forever

Whatever you do, do it for love. If you keep to that, your path will never wander so far from the light that you can never return.

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return light path

I do not need the written code of a spiritual belief to act like a decent human being.

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belief spiritual needs

Sometimes it isn't easy to be sane, smart, and responsible. Sometimes it sucks. Sucks wang. Camel wang. But that doesn't turn wrong into right or stupid into smart.

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camels smart stupid