Joseph

“Magic is just magic!” Jackaby threw up his hands. “It’s not inherently special or strange or dangerous! It’s everywhere! It’s already all around you! If just being magical meant that something was dangerous, you’d have long since been killed by a butterfly, or a bubble, or an apple turnover.” “Those things aren’t magical.” “Of course they’re magical! Argh! You infuriating man! If a unicorn came and sat in the corner of your office every day, then by the end of the year you’d be hanging your coat on its horn. There is magic in your life! Not appreciating it does not make it any less magical. Yes, some of that magic is dangerous, but so are scissors and electricity and politics—and plenty of other completely human inventions!”
― William Ritter, The Dire King

“No one gets away with committting murder on the premises."
"No exceptions?" she asked.
His smile was as cold as his eyes. "One exception."
"You," she said.
"Me."
She took a short, tight breath.
"But you didn't kill Gloria Maitland," she said.
"What makes you so sure I didn't murder her?"
"You're a magician. You would have done a better job of it.”
― Amanda Quick, The Girl Who Knew Too Much

“Fire is a powerful thing. It cleanses as it destroys- and it brings light to darkness.”
― Patricia Briggs, Burn Bright

“...Jonathan is an old friend from Unstable."
Connolly frowns. "Does he have a magical power?"
"He doesn't need one." I take out my phone. "He's a librarian.”
― Kelley Armstrong, Cursed Luck