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Paranoia is a survival trait when you run in my circles. It gives you something to do in your spare time, coming up with solutions to ridiculous problems that aren't ever going to happen. Except when one of them does, at which point you feel way too vindicated. - Harry Dresden, Changes, Jim Butcher
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magic
wizards
paranormal
harry-dresden
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Jim Butcher |
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7d2472f
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There're things we keep hidden from one another. Things we hide from ourselves. Things that are kept hidden from us. And things no one knows. You always learn the damnedest things at the worst possible times.
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life
harry-dresden
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Jim Butcher |
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44d936c
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All of those faeries and duels and mad queens and so on, and no one quoted old Billy Shakespeare. Not even once.
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humor
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Jim Butcher |
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92daf30
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I read an article once that said that when women have a conversation, they're communicating on five levels. They follow the conversation that they're actually having, the conversation that is specifically being avoided, the tone being applied to the overt conversation, the buried conversation that is being covered only in subtext, and finally the other person's body language. That is, on many levels, astounding to me. I mean, that's like h..
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dresden
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Jim Butcher |
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a721da4
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Beside me, Molly rolled her shoulders in a few jerky motions and pushed at her hair in fitful little gestures. She tugged at her well-tattered skirts, and grimaced at her boots. "Can you see if there's any mud on them?" I paused to consider her for a second. Then I said, "You have two tattoos showing right now, and you probably used a fake ID to get them. Your piercings would set off any metal detector worth the name, and you're featuring ..
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humor
molly-carpenter
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Jim Butcher |
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4b842d1
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Sometimes the most remarkable things seem commonplace. I mean when you think about it jet travel is pretty freaking remarkable. You get in a plane it defies the gravity of a entire planet by exploiting a loophole with air pressure and it flies across distances that would take months or years to cross by any means of travel that has been significant for more than a century or three. You hurtle above the earth at enough speed to kill you inst..
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humor
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Jim Butcher |
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872f7aa
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Alone. It's one of those small words that means entirely too much. Like fear. Or trust.
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Jim Butcher |
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cf7ba1b
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Vanity, thy name is vampire.
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vanity
thomas-raith
vampires
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Jim Butcher |
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7502850
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My magic. That was at the heart of me. It was a manifestation of what I believed, what I lived. It came from my desire to see to it that someone stood between the darkness and the people it would devour.
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Jim Butcher |
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e6cdb56
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Black Court vampires. I just shortened it some." Ebenezar tsked. "Blampires. That's the problem with you young people. Shortening all the words." --
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humor
harry-dresden
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Jim Butcher |
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801b153
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I wouldn't burden any decent system of faith by participating in it... I'm not agnostic. Just nonpartisan. Theological Switzerland, that's me.
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faith
religion
god
atheist
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Jim Butcher |
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f405122
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You need to know where to go,' Sanya said. 'Yes,' 'And you are going to consult four large pizzas for guidance.' 'Yes,' I said. ...'There is, I think, humour here which does not translate well from English into sanity.' 'That's pretty rich coming from the agnostic Knight of the Cross with a holy Sword who takes his orders from an archangel.' I said. - Harry Dresden & Sanya, Changes, Jim Butcher
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magic
wizards
paranormal
harry-dresden
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Jim Butcher |
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f1fec46
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Harry," she said quietly, "I know you must be angry." I burn things to ash and smash holes in buildings when I'm angry," I said. "I'm a couple of steps past that point right now."
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harry-dresden
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Jim Butcher |
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99339a2
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Courage is about learning how to function despite the fear, to put aside your instincts to run or give in completely to the anger born from fear. Courage is about using your brain and your heart when every cell of your body is screaming at your to fight or flee - and then following through on what you believe is the right thing to do.
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fear
fight-or-flight-response
dresden-files
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Jim Butcher |
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8c2fe54
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We've both got into the blue beetle. He got into the red door, I got into the white one.
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Jim Butcher |
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ab7834f
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I've always admired your ability to be unilaterally irritating.
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Jim Butcher |
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5c3d231
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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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humor
harry-dresden
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Jim Butcher |
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8390a54
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Molly was arrested. Possession." I blinked at him. "She was possessed?"
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quote
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Jim Butcher |
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0f96e07
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There is the world that should be and the world that is. We live in one and must create the other.
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Jim Butcher |
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0855451
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the Female Once-Over--a process by which one woman creates a detailed profile of another woman based upon about a million subtle details of clothing, jewelry, makeup, and body type, and then decides how much of a social threat she might be. Men have a parallel process, but it's binary: Does he have beer? If yes, will he share with me?
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Jim Butcher |
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4b86556
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I've always felt that the best whips and chains are in the mind. With a little creativity, the physical ones are hardly necessary.
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lara-raith
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Jim Butcher |
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dbcf2e5
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On the whole, we're a murderous race. According to Genesis, it took as few as four people to make the planet too crowded to stand, and the first murder was a fratricide. Genesis says that in a fit of jealous rage, the very first child born to mortal parents, Cain, snapped and popped the first metaphorical cap in another human being. The attack was a bloody, brutal, violent, reprehensible killing. Cain's brother Abel probably never saw it co..
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murder
humor
genesis
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Jim Butcher |
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c90f041
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Ha-ha! Ah-hahahaha! I am wizard; hear me roar!
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humor
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Jim Butcher |
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ab9dac8
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I'm brilliant as well as skilled," he said modestly. "It's a great burden, all of that on top of my angelic good looks. But I try to soldier on as best I can."
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humor
vanity
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Jim Butcher |
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9c6f19e
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Like I said, magic comes from life, and especially from emotions. They're a source of the same intangible energy that everyone can feel when an autumn moon rises and fills you with a sudden sense of bone-deep excitement, or when the first warm breeze of spring rushes past your face, full of the scents of life, and drowns you in a sudden flood of unreasoning joy. The passion of mighty music that brings tears to your eyes, and the raw, bubbli..
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magic
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Jim Butcher |
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9f97d2f
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The course of history is determined not by battles, by sieges, or usurpation, but by the individuals. The strongest army is, at its most basic level, a collection of individuals. Their decisions, their passions, their foolishness, and their dreams shape the years to come. If there is any lesson to be learned from history, it is that all too often the fate of armies, of cities, of entire realms rests upon the actions of one person's decision..
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destiny
individiual
furies-of-calderon
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Jim Butcher |
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3fa4fc5
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I'm trying to be diplomatic. The wisdom of my ass is well-known. If I didn't lip off to them, after shooting my mouth off to faerie queens and Vampire Courts--plural, Courts--demigods and demon lords, they might get their feelings hurt.
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humor
sigrun-gard
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Jim Butcher |
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b2e80a3
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There's always, always a choice. My options might really, truly suck, but that doesn't mean there isn't a choice.
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cold-days
harry-dresden
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Jim Butcher |
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8912284
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I'd been in hairier situations than this one. Actually, it's sort of depressing, thinking how many times I'd been in them. But if experience had taught me anything, it was this: No matter how screwed up things are, they can get a whole lot worse.
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realism
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Jim Butcher |
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627cc28
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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.
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harry-dresden
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Jim Butcher |
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430da91
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Karrin, eh?" Thomas asked. I nodded. "She's real serious about order. A man dying, she can understand. A man coming back. That's different." "Isn't she Catholic?" Thomas asked. "Don't they have a guy?"
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karrin-murphy
thomas-raith
harry-dresden
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Jim Butcher |
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fc89a5e
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Have you ever been approached by a grim-looking man, carrying a naked sword with a blade about ten miles long in his hand, in the middle of the night, beneath the stars on the shores of Lake Michigan? If you have, seek professional help. If you have not, then believe you me, it can scare the bejeezus out of you.
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scared
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Jim Butcher |
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da3b5b5
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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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Jim Butcher |
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c7d9d56
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My gast was pretty well flabbered.
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Jim Butcher |
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6cc6c15
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Honey, I liked the Harry Potter movies, too, but that doesn't mean I ran out and got a Dark Mark tattooed onto my left forearm like you did.
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humor
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Jim Butcher |
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5018dd7
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I mean, we're all going to die. We know that on an intellectual level. We figure it out when we're still fairly young, and it scares us so badly that we convince ourselves we're immortal for more than a decade afterwards.
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Jim Butcher |
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6c583bd
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My faith protects me. My Kevlar helps.
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Jim Butcher |
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1f8bc2f
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Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of trauma, I will fear no concussion.
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Jim Butcher |
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3a56bda
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I put on the boots and kicked some monster ass.
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motivation
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Jim Butcher |
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84be10a
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HARRY DRESDEN--WIZARD Lost Items Found. Paranormal Investigations. Consulting. Advice. Reasonable Rates. No Love Potions, Endless Purses, Parties, or Other Entertainment
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quote
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Jim Butcher |
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d4fd0f3
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Murphy watched me thoughtfully for several empty seconds. Then she said, very gently, "You're a good man, Harry." I swallowed and bowed my head, made humble by the tone of her voice and the expression on her face, more than the words themselves. Not always rational," she said, smiling. "But you're the best kind of crazy."
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karrin-murphy
harry-dresden
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Jim Butcher |
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5f613e5
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You," Madeline said, her voice hollow and wheezing, "are like a bad case of herpes, wizard. You're inconvenient, embarassing, no real threat, and you simply go away."
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simile
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Jim Butcher |
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57f2ad2
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So we get a plan," I said. "Any suggestions?" "Blow up the building," Kincaid said without looking up. "That works good for vampires. Then soak what's left in gasoline. Set it on fire. Then blow it all up again." "For future reference, I was sort of hoping for a suggestion that didn't sound like it came from that Bolshevik Muppet with all the dynamite."
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humor
vampires
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Jim Butcher |
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da615ce
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Thwart," I said. "To prevent someone from accomplishing something by means of visiting gratuitous violence upon his smarmy person." "I'm pretty sure that isn't the definition." Sarissa said. "It is today."
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harry-dresden
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Jim Butcher |