The Dresden Files (TV Series)

Birds of a Feather (2007)

Paul Blackthorne: Harry Dresden

Quotes 

• Harry Dresden : [narrating]  Killing someone, walking around in their skin - there's a pretty short list of things that can do that. A list of one: a skinwalker. You know the worst nightmare you ever had when you were little, the scariest thing you've ever imagined lurking in the closet or under the bed? A skinwalker is worse.

• [first lines] 

  Harry Dresden : [narrating]  When I was a kid, my father told me there was no such thing as monsters; my nightmares were just figments of my imagination. As I got older, I had to wonder, was he lying to me... or just wrong?

• Bob : [Harry is trying to find Scott Sharpe]  Find some organic residue and cast a searching spell. Perhaps the child left some snot underneath the diner table.

  Harry Dresden : Bob...

  Bob : What? Where there's children, there's snot!

• Bob : I call it the Doom Box.

  Harry Dresden : Catchy. What does it do?

• [Bob is writing an elaborate formula onto thin air] 

  Bob : Careful! These equations are very precise and if you walk through them, I will start belting show tunes from the 16th Century.

  Harry Dresden : Please - anything but that.

• Harry Dresden : I had that dream again about my dad.

  Bob : That's the third time this week. I'd say were moving away from dreams and into signs and portents.

• Melissa : You want me to do an unauthorized records check in exchange for a chicken salad?

  Harry Dresden : It's not for me, it's just for the kid, you know.

  Melissa : No, just shut up and eat. Mainly, just shut up.

• Harry Dresden : [narrating]  I loved my father. He could sing like Sinatra... Unfortunately, he was a magician.

• Harry Dresden : [narrating]  All right, so just because I'm a wizard doesn't mean I don't make mistakes. Which leads me to the downside of my profession. If you're a janitor and you fail, someone winds up with gum on their shoe. If you're a wizard and you fail, someone can end up dead.

• Scott Sharpe : Harry! You won't believe what happened.

  Harry Dresden : Actually... I will.

• Harry Dresden : Okay, you gotta listen to me, kid. These guys, whatever you've seen, you gotta promise me you won't tell anyone about it. It's like Superman. It's like a second identity thing.

  Scott Sharpe : If I tell anyone about this, people will think I'm nuts.

  Harry Dresden : But you're not.

• [Harry tosses Whitney the Doom Box] 

  Harry Dresden : You want it? Catch. Pop goes the weasel.

• Harry Dresden : Bottom line is the kid is safe and the killer died in a gas explosion.

  Lt. Connie Murphy : Pretty convenient explosion and I'm not big on convenience.

• [Scott points to Bob's skull which has intricate symbols carved all over it] 

  Scott Sharpe : Is this real?

  Harry Dresden : Yep.

  Scott Sharpe : What do all the designs mean?

  Harry Dresden : Please - don't - touch.

• [last lines] 

  Sheryl Sharpe : You were like him, weren't you, when you were little.

  Harry Dresden : Yeah, a bit.

  Sheryl Sharpe : Who looked out for you?

  Harry Dresden : My dad.

  Sheryl Sharpe : He loved you.

• Harry Dresden : [narrating]  My father said there were no monsters. My uncle insisted monsters were real. And he should've known... because he was one. But he did teach me one thing: the only way to deal with the things we fear is to face them, to drag them kicking and screaming out of the darkness and destroy them.