Quotes from book

Death Masks

“There are things you can't walk away from. Not if you want to live with yourself afterward.”

“It's one of the things that makes us different than they are, Harry. The blood on their hands does not make it right to bloody my own. My choices are measured against my own soul. Not against the stains on theirs.”

“I am blind and limited. I would be a fool think myself wise. And so, not knowing what the universe means, I can only try to be responsible with the knowledge, the strength, and the time given to me. I must be true to my heart.”

“I wouldn't burden any decent system of faith by participating in it… I'm not agnostic. Just nonpartisan. Theological Switzerland, that's me.”

“We all must die. There is no better way to do so than in the pursuit of something you love.”

“So. You get handed a holy sword by an archangel, told to go fight the forces of evil, and you somehow remain an atheist. Is that what you're saying?”

“Sullen monosyllabism, a sure sign of sleep deprivation.”

“Michael Carpenter My faith protects me. My Kevlar helps.”

“Sleep is God. Go worship.”

“Harry Dresden: Some things just aren't meant to go together. Things like oil and water. Orange juice and toothpaste. Wizards and television.”

“Life would be unbearably dull if we had answers to all our questions.”

“I'm dealing with a lot of scary things. I think you have to react to them. And you either laugh at them or you go insane.”

“Apocalypse is a frame of mind." [Nicodemus] said then. "A belief. A surrender to inevitability. It is a despair for the future. It is the death of hope.”

“How long have you been a Wiccan?'
'A what?'
'A pagan. A witch.'
'I'm not a witch,' I said, glancing out the door. 'I'm a wizard.'
Sanya frowned. 'What is the difference?'
'Wizard has a Z'
He looked at me blankly.
'No one appreciates me.' I muttered.”

“I put the ick in magic.”

“He wasn't evil as much as magnificently innocent of any kind of morality.”

“I had a vague memory of being that ridiculous at one time. Let he who hath never worn parachute pants cast the first stone.”