Brief Cases (The Dresden Files, #15.1)

by Jim Butcher

Darwin always thought that it paid to be a quick learner. The war had simply made the penalty for not learning quite a bit steeper.

You can use just about anything to make a magic circle, but salt is often the most practical. It’s a symbol of the earth and of purity, and

it doesn’t draw ants. You use sugar to make a circle on the carpet only once. Let me tell you.

The guy drank liquid nitrogen, right there in front of everybody, and blew it out his nose in this huge jet of vapor.

Bullshit!