1. "Caring about someone isn't complicated. It isn't easy. But it isn't complicated, either. Kinda like lifting the engine block out of a car."
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Jim Butcher, Small Favor
2. "You rush a miracle worker, you get lousy miracles!"
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Jim Butcher, Small Favor
3. "Think of every fairy-tale villainess you've ever heard of. Think of the wicked witches, the evil queens, the mad enchantresses. Think of the alluring sirens, the hungry ogresses, the savage she-beasts. Think of them and remember that somewhere, sometime, they've all been real. Mab gave them lessons."
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Jim Butcher, Small Favor
4. "Nay, but prithee, with sprinkles 'pon it instead," I said solemnly, "and frosting of white."
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Jim Butcher, Small Favor
5. "Punctuality is for people with nothing better to do"
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Jim Butcher, Small Favor
6. "Likest thou jelly within thy doughnut?"
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Jim Butcher, Small Favor
7. "I’ve had a tense couple of days. And I’ve got to tell you, burning someone’s face off sounds like a great way to relax."
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Jim Butcher, Small Favor
8. "If your opponent has you by fifty pounds, winning a fight against him is a dubious proposition, at best. If your opponent has you by eight thousand and fifty pounds, you’ve left the realm of combat and enrolled yourself in Road-kill 101. Or possibly in a Tom and Jerry cartoon."
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Jim Butcher, Small Favor
9. "That’s the problem with you nearly immortal types, I said. You couldn’t spot a pop culture reference if it skittered up and implanted an embryo down your esophagus."
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Jim Butcher, Small Favor
10. "Likest thou jelly within thy doughnut?" "Nay, but prithee, with sprinkles 'pon it instead, I said solemnly, and frosting of white."
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Jim Butcher, Small Favor