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Some things just aren’t meant to go together. Things like oil and water. Orange juice and toothpaste. Wizards and television.
“I wouldn’t burden any decent system of faith by participating in it.”
“For the good of the people, some must place themselves in harm’s way. Some must pledge their courage and their lives to protect the community.”
“Man sees faces. Sees skin. Flags. Membership lists. Files.” He took another large bite, ate it, and said, “God sees hearts.”
“No trouble,” he said. “Sleep is god. Go worship.”
“Hell’s bells, Murph!”
“Life would be unbearably dull if we had answers to all our questions.”
I am just another blind man. I do not get the whole picture of what transpires in all places. I am blind and limited. I would be a fool to think myself wise. And so, not knowing what the universe means, I can only try to be responsible with the knowledge, the strength, and the time given to me. I must be true to my heart.”
“Sometimes that isn’t good enough,” I said.
The blood on their hands does not make it right to bloody my own. My choices are measured against my own soul. Not against the stains on theirs.”
“You’re a girl. Beating up bad guys is a boy thing.” “Chauvinist pig,” Susan said. “Yeah. I get it from Murphy. She’s a bad influence.”
Compassion dictates that we must make allowances. Mister Dresden is a diplomatically challenged individual. He should be in a shelter for the tactless.”
“Apocalypse is a frame of mind,” he said then. “A belief. A surrender to inevitability. It is despair for the future. It is the death of hope.”
“Three days,” I said. “Three’s a magic number. And supposedly that’s how long Christ was wrapped in it. In three days, three sunrises, you should know whether it’s going to help or not.”
Nicodemus sat at the wheel, relaxed and smiling. “Be seeing you, Dresden.”
“He said that I must live in a world of greys. To trust my heart.”
It isn’t good to hold on too hard to the past. You can’t spend your whole life looking back. Not even when you can’t see what lies ahead. All you can do is keep on keeping on, and try to believe that tomorrow will be what it should be—even if it isn’t what you expected.
