Small Favor (The Dresden Files, #10)

by Jim Butcher

Playing cat and mouse is generally only fun for the cat.

“Caring about someone isn’t complicated,” I said. “It isn’t easy. But it isn’t complicated, either. Kinda like lifting the engine block out of a car.” She gave me an oblique glance. “Leave it to a man to describe intimate relationships in terms of automotive mechanics.”

“Punctuality is for people with nothing better to do,”