Cold Days (The Dresden Files, #14)

by Jim Butcher

“I know it’s not thematically in tune with my new job and all, but I find it effective. Build a man a fire and he’s warm for a day,” I said. “But set a man on fire and he’s warm for the rest of his life. Tao of Pratchett.

The only good thing about having your back to the wall is that it makes it really easy to choose which way you’re going to go.

“The path of excess leads to the palace of wisdom,”