Do you have a little white dress? I've had this deep-seated nurse fantasy about you, Murphy.
Jim ButcherStichwörter: humor women harry-dresden karrin-murphy
I put on the boots and kicked some monster ass.
Jim ButcherStichwörter: motivation karrin-murphy
I wish I worried about my uncle's opinions, and had problems to work out with my mom. Hell, I'd settle for knowing what her voice sounded like." I put a hand on her shoulder. "Trite but true—you don't know what you have until it's gone. People change. The world changes. And sooner or later you lose people you care about. If you don't mind some advice from someone who doesn't know much about families, I can tell you this: Don't take yours for granted. It might feel like all of them will always be there. But they won't.
Jim ButcherStichwörter: life family harry-dresden karrin-murphy
Sometimes I forget how much I like riding the bike."
Most chicks do," I said. "Roar of the engine and so on."
Murphy's blue eyes glittered with annoyance and anticipation. "Pig. You really enjoy dropping all women together in the same demographic, don't you?"
It's not my fault all women like motorcycles, Murph. They're basically huge vibrators. With wheels.
Stichwörter: humor women harry-dresden karrin-murphy
A bolt of warmth, fierce with joy and pride and gratitude, flashed through me like sudden lightning. I don’t care about whose DNA has recombined with whose. When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching—they are your family. And they were my heroes.
Jim ButcherStichwörter: friendship family courage harry-dresden karrin-murphy charity-carpenter thomas-raith
I choose my battles, Dresden. Not you." She looked up at me calmly. "Let me put this in terms that will get through your skull: My friend is going to save a child from monsters. I'm going with him. That's what friends do, Harry.
Jim ButcherStichwörter: friendship harry-dresden karrin-murphy
Murphy watched me thoughtfully for several empty seconds. Then she said, very gently, "You're a good man, Harry."
I swallowed and bowed my head, made humble by the tone of her voice and the expression on her face, more than the words themselves.
Not always rational," she said, smiling. "But you're the best kind of crazy.
Stichwörter: friendship harry-dresden karrin-murphy
Murphy hung up and I said, to the still-open line, "Hey, if you've got someone watching my place, could you call the cops if anyone tries to steal my Star Wars poster? It's an original."
Then I vindictively hung up on the FBI. It made my inner child happy.
Stichwörter: humor harry-dresden karrin-murphy
Stichwörter: humor harry-dresden karrin-murphy
Uh, the Council," I said. "Big shock, they aren't helping."
Murphy looked like she might be asleep, but she snorted. "So we're on our own."
Yeah."
Good. It's more familiar.
Stichwörter: humor harry-dresden karrin-murphy
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