“Thomas Raith: An errand is getting a tank of gas or picking up a carton of milk or something. It is not getting chased by flying purple pyromaniac gorillas hurling incendiary poo.”

— Jim Butcher , book Blood Rites

Source: The Dresden Files, Blood Rites (2004)

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