Michael Carpenter: Lord, we walk into darkness now. Our enemies will surround us. Please help to make us strong enough to do what needs to be done. A… - Jim Butcher

Harry Dresden: A little humiliation and ego deflation, now and then, is good for apprentices. Mine sighed miserably.

Harry Dresden: You can never tell how someone is going to handle power — not until you hand it to them and see what they do with it.

Malcolm Dresden: Son. Everyone dies alone. That's what it is. It's a door. It's one person wide. When you go through it, you do it alone." His fingers squeezed me tight. "But it doesn't mean you've got to be alone before you go through the door. And believe me, you aren't alone on the other side."