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White Night

Name: White Night
Author: Jim Butcher

White Night is the 9th book in The Dresden Files, Jim Butcher's continuing series about wizard detective Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden.

“What is the point of having free will if one cannot occasionally spit in the eye of destiny?”

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“People love dogs. You can never go wrong adding a dog to the story.”

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“Sticks and stones and small caliber bullets may break my bones… Words will never, et cetera.”

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“There was a sound like a human yawn, and then the skull turned slightly toward me and asked, "What's up, boss?"

"Evil's afoot."

"Well, sure," Bob said, "because it refuses to learn the metric system. Otherwise it'd be up to a meter by now.”

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“Bring it, Darth Bathrobe!”

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“The wacky thing about those bad guys is that you can't count on them to be obvious. They forget to wax their mustaches and goatees, leave their horns at home, send their black hats to the dry cleaner's. They're funny like that.”

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“Regardless of what I think about Islam or Wicca or any other religion, the fact is that it's a group of people. Every faith has its ceremonies. And since it's made up of people, every faith also has its assholes.”

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“Harry Dresden: Many things are not as they seem: The worst things in life never are.”

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Source: The Dresden Files, White Night (2007), Chapter 1, Opening line

“See? This is why I'm not religious. I couldn't possibly keep my mouth shut long enough to get along with everyone else.”

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“Age is always advancing and I'm fairly sure it's up to no good.”

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“Yeah, but I forgot to take my George Orwell-shaped multivitamins along with my breakfast bowl of Big Brother Os this morning.”

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“Carlos Ramirez: Everyone else who lets me ride on their dinosaur calls me Carlos.”

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Source: The Dresden Files, Dead Beat (2005), Chapter 41
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“If you can't manage courtesy, try silence.”

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“But the only way never to do the wrong thing is never to do anything.”

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“Bigots see something they expect and then they stop thinking about what is in front of them. It's probably how they got to be bigots in the first place.”

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“Life is easier when you can write off others as monsters, demon, as horrible threats that must be hated and feared the thing is you can't do that without becoming them, just a little.”

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“My hair had grown out long and shaggy—not in that sexy-young-rock-star kind of way but in that time-to-take-Rover-to-the-groomer kind of way.”

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“She gave me a hard look. "No one likes a wiseass, Harry."
"Are you kidding? As long as the wiseass is talking to someone, people love 'em.”

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“Being a wizard gives you more power than most, but it doesn't change your heart. We're all human. We're all of us equally naked before the jaws of pain.”

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“Knowledge is the ultimate weapon. It always has been.”

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