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* [[Flat Earth Atheist]]: Sanya (see [[Church Militant]] example above). Sanya has a pretty sophisticated and logical personal philosophy on all the supernatural stuff. He lives in a world with ridiculously powerful beings who are not actually worshipped or called gods, and it is possible for mere mortals to gain near-godlike power. So why assume that one particular powerful entity really is a god, or God? And his mission, as he points out, is worthwhile whether he was given his task by a real angel or not, because either way he is still [[We Help the Helpless|helping the helpless]].

* [[Flowery Elizabethan English]]: [[The Sidhe]] and other immortals have a tendency to talk this way.

* [[Foreshadowing]]: Tons of it, all throughout the series. One-off commentary by a character in one book becomes a whole lot more meaningful when re-read a second time, with knowledge of how the plotlines develop. There is a lot of material that gets subtly foreshadowed, particularly in ''Grave Peril'' and ''Proven Guilty''. The latter, for example, has a moment where Harry and Ebenezar discuss the traitor within the White Council, and Harry comments that no one has shown up with mysterious sums in their bank accounts. {{spoiler|Morgan's frame-up in ''Turn Coat'' involves exactly this.}} Murphy and Harry's discussion about their relationship foreshadows {{spoiler|Harry's daughter}} in ''Changes'' and Murphy's {{spoiler|taking up of Dresden's mantle as the protector of Chicago}} in ''Aftermath''.

* [[Formally-Named Pet]]: Harry Dresden's cat is named simply Mister.