Top Dresden Files Quotes

Some spoilers from Summer Knight and White Night

Over the years I’ve learned that ignorance is more than just bliss. It’s freaking orgasmic ecstasy. Blood Rites

"There is, I think, humor here which does not translate well from English into sanity.” - Sanya, Changes

“Laugh whenever you can. Keeps you from killing yourself when things are bad. That and vodka.” - Sanya, Changes (again)

"- I’ve even heard that they can bring people back from the dead.” “Jesus,” Butters swore. “I kinda doubt they had anything to do with that one.” - Harry explaining necromancers to Butters, Dead Beat

“It gets sort of Zen after a while,” Butters said brightly. “Life is a journey. Time is a river. The door is a jar.” Dead Beat

“Harry?” Bob asked. “Are your feet wet? And can you see the pyramids?” I blinked. “What?” “Earth to Dresden,” Bob said. “You are standing knee-deep in de Nile.” Dead Beat

"Don’t yadda yadda the Lord, Harry. It’s disrespectful. Michael Carpenter, Grave Peril

I’d hate to find out that the universe really wasn’t conspiring against me. It would jerk the rug out from under my persecution complex. Proven Guilty

Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of trauma, I will fear no concussion. Proven Guilty

"Home is where, when you go there and tell people to get out, they have to leave.” Harry, Skin Game

Molly was committing dinner by that time, aided and abetted by Sanya, who seemed to take some kind of grim Russian delight in watching train wrecks in progress. Small Favor

"Christ,” he muttered, starting the truck. “You don’t even explain the little things, do you?” “It’s like a drug,” I said Tomas to Harry, Small Favor

“Punctuality is for people with nothing better to do,” I said. Small Favor

I caught it, stuck my tongue out at Aurora, yelled, “Meep, meep!” and ran like hell. Summer Knight

I smoothed a bloodied lock of hair from her eyes and felt very tired as I said, “The only people who never hurt are dead.” Summer Knight

"I died,” I said. “I died and someone made a clerical error and this is heaven.” Harry, Summer Knight

I like to stay cozy with my paranoia, not pass her around to my friends and family. Turn Coat

If you can’t stop the bad thoughts from coming to visit, at least you can make fun of them while they’re hanging around. Turn Coat

“This is Waldo Butters,” I said. “And his geek penis is longer and harder than all of ours put together.” Turn Coat

"Constructive anger,” the demon said, her voice dripping sarcasm. “Also known as passion,” I said quietly. “Passion has overthrown tyrants and freed prisoners and slaves. Passion has brought justice where there was savagery. Passion has created freedom where there was nothing but fear. Passion has helped souls rise from the ashes of their horrible lives and build something better, stronger, more beautiful.” Lasciel taunting Harry, White Night

"Evil’s afoot.” “Well, sure,” Bob said, “because it refuses to learn the metric system. Otherwise it’d be up to a meter by now.” White Night

" - Your sense of humor, of course, remains unchanged, which is unsurprising, as it seems to have died in your adolescence. Presumably it entered a suicide pact with your manners.” Marcone to Harry, White Night

We’re all human. We’re all of us equally naked before the jaws of pain. White Night