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Skin Game

Name: Skin Game
Author: Jim Butcher

Skin Game is a novel in The Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher. It is the 15th novel in the series. It follows the protagonist, Harry Dresden as he teams up with former enemies to rob a vault belonging to Hades, lord of the Underworld.

“Things are not always as bad as they seem. Sometimes, the darkness only makes it easier to see the light.”

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“There are moments in your life that, when you look back at them, you realize were perfect.”

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“Why is it that you’ve never got the least goddamned clue what’s happening inside your own head. Have you ever noticed this trend? Doesn’t it bug you sometimes?”

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“beer is an excellent argument that there is a God, and that furthermore, He wants us to be happy.”

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“Because Nicodemus is a murderous murdering murderer,” I said.”

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Skin Game

“Do you know my dog's name?
[…]
"It is from an ancient word, kerberos. It means 'spotted.'"

I blinked. "You're a genuine Greek god. You're the Lord of the Underworld. And… you named your dog *Spot*?”

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“Nice try?” Butters said. “Mister, where I come from, there is no try.”

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“I’m lost. I know every step I took to get here, and I’m still lost.”

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“Michael smiled at me a little. “You’re a good man, Harry. But you’re making the same mistake Nicodemus always has—and the same one Karrin did.” “What mistake?” “You all think the critical word in the phrase ‘Sword of Faith’ is ‘sword.”

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“You destroy buildings, fight monsters openly in the streets of the city, work with the police, show up in newspapers, advertise in the phone book, and ride zombie dinosaurs down Michigan Avenue, and think that you work in the shadows? Be reasonable.”

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“I grunted. “She’s not a delicate princess,” I said. “She’s a warrior. Warriors have enemies. Sometimes warriors get hurt.” I felt my jaws clench. “And then their friends even things up.”

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“My imagination needs therapy.”

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“But they were doughnuts of darkness. Evil, damned doughnuts, tainted by the spawn of darkness . . .. . . which could obviously be redeemed only by passing through the fiery, cleansing inferno of a wizardly digestive tract.”

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“Home is where, when you go there and tell people to get out, they have to leave.”

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“The Blue Beetle was not a clown car," I said severely. "It was a machine of justice.”

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“I’d gone with my usual option. I was running through long tunnels filled with demons and monsters and nightmares, because it was easier than going to the gym.”

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“Some men fall from grace. Some are pushed.”

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