Quotes from work

Proven Guilty

“Laughter is good for you. Nine out of ten stand-up comedians recommend laughter in the face of intense stupidity.”

“Vanity, thy name is vampire.”

“You predicted quick victory. Now it’s going to get hopelessly complicated. Jesus, don’t you know any better than that by now?”

“Rule number one of the wizarding business. Never let them see you sweat. People expect us to know things. It can be a big advantage. Don’t screw it up by looking like you’re as confused as everyone else. Bad for the image.”

“Molly was arrested. Possession.”
I blinked at him. “She was possessed?”

“I got the sneaking suspicion that the vampire was a couple of Peeps short of an Easter basket.”

“… you look like you fell out of a crazy tree and hit every branch on the way down.”

“You know how confusing the whole good-evil concept is for me.”

“All power is the same. Magic. Physical strength. Economic strength. Political strength. It all serves a single purpose-it gives its possessor a broader spectrum of choices. It creates alternative courses of action.”

“Erlking,” I told her. “Big-time bad guy. Wants to eat me.”

“Why?” she asked.

“Well. I met him,” I said.”

“No rest for the wicked, Bob, and that means that we can't slack off either, or they'll outwork us.”

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