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Jim Butcher quotes: It only means what you decide it means. It only means what you decide it means.
Jim Butcher quotes: That underlay the city of Chicago. That underlay the city of Chicago.
Jim Butcher quotes: I hear that they make disinfectants that don't hurt these days. But Charity used iodine. I hear that they make disinfectants that don't hurt these days. But Charity used iodine.
Jim Butcher quotes: Speed of lightning! Roar of thunder! Fighting all who rob or plunder! Underdog! Speed of lightning! Roar of thunder! Fighting all who rob or plunder! Underdog!
Jim Butcher quotes: You know how to use magic?" I asked. "I prefer calculus. You know how to use magic?" I asked. "I prefer calculus.
Jim Butcher quotes: Your face looks like a sack of purple potatoes Your face looks like a sack of purple potatoes
Jim Butcher quotes: Body or mind, heart or soul, we're all human, and we're supposed to feel pain. You cut yourself off from it at your own risk. Body or mind, heart or soul, we're all human, and we're supposed to feel pain. You cut yourself off from it at your own risk.
Jim Butcher quotes: I hadn't gotten beaten up twice, shot, and nearly strangled to get taken out by a misguided werewolf bitch. I hadn't gotten beaten up twice, shot, and nearly strangled to get taken out by a misguided werewolf bitch.
Jim Butcher quotes: I enjoyed activities and the company of friends. But they were a side dish. I enjoyed activities and the company of friends. But they were a side dish.
Jim Butcher quotes: Do you feel you should walk the same path because so many have walked it before you came, Do you feel you should walk the same path because so many have walked it before you came,
Jim Butcher quotes: I knew what it was like to have holes in my life in the shape of people who should have been there. I knew what it was like to have holes in my life in the shape of people who should have been there.
Jim Butcher quotes: Two million bucks would buy you a lot of ramen. Two million bucks would buy you a lot of ramen.
Jim Butcher quotes: If he stayed close enough to Maggie for long enough, the dog might wind up with more education than me. Then there'd be no talking to him. If he stayed close enough to Maggie for long enough, the dog might wind up with more education than me. Then there'd be no talking to him.
Jim Butcher quotes: Some things just aren't meant to go together. Things like oil and water. Orange juice and toothpaste. Some things just aren't meant to go together. Things like oil and water. Orange juice and toothpaste.
Jim Butcher quotes: One can have only as much preparation as he has foresight. One can have only as much preparation as he has foresight.
Jim Butcher quotes: Home is where, when you go there and tell people to get out, they have to leave. Home is where, when you go there and tell people to get out, they have to leave.
Jim Butcher quotes: Fighting is never good. But sometimes necessary. Fighting is never good. But sometimes necessary.
Jim Butcher quotes: [He] stared at Rowl with flat eyes. Rowl yawned his unconcern. "If you wish to keep those eyes," he said pleasantly, "move them elsewhere. [He] stared at Rowl with flat eyes.
Rowl yawned his unconcern. "If you wish to keep those eyes," he said pleasantly, "move them elsewhere.
Jim Butcher quotes: His mind is strange," came Varg's rumbling voice, "but capable. His mind is strange," came Varg's rumbling voice, "but capable.
Jim Butcher quotes: By the time I got home, it was after two o'clock in the morning. The By the time I got home, it was after two o'clock in the morning. The
Jim Butcher quotes: I guess maybe you don't get to be the Merlin of the White Council by saving up frequent-flier miles I guess maybe you don't get to be the Merlin of the White Council by saving up frequent-flier miles
Jim Butcher quotes: I am disturbed by the presence of inordinate levels of coincidence I am disturbed by the presence of inordinate levels of coincidence
Jim Butcher quotes: He had to give humans credit where it was due - they did seem to have a knack for building interesting places for cats to explore. He had to give humans credit where it was due - they did seem to have a knack for building interesting places for cats to explore.
Jim Butcher quotes: So there are things stacked against us," I said. "What else is new? So there are things stacked against us," I said. "What else is new?
Jim Butcher quotes: The reward for work well-done is more work. The reward for work well-done is more work.
Jim Butcher quotes: I leaned against the wall, dazed, panting, and gasped, in my deepest and most gravelly voice, No one can chain the Hulk! I leaned against the wall, dazed, panting, and gasped, in my deepest and most gravelly voice, No one can chain the Hulk!
Jim Butcher quotes: We wizards are terrific at brooding. We wizards are terrific at brooding.
Jim Butcher quotes: Her looks were almost extraneous. They weren't any more important to her appeal than a glass was to wine. Her looks were almost extraneous. They weren't any more important to her appeal than a glass was to wine.
Jim Butcher quotes: Mister Dresden is a diplomatically challenged individual. He should be in a shelter for the tactless. Mister Dresden is a diplomatically challenged individual. He should be in a shelter for the tactless.
Jim Butcher quotes: In the course of my life, I have more than once been too ignorant to know that something was impossible before I did it anyway. In the course of my life, I have more than once been too ignorant to know that something was impossible before I did it anyway.
Jim Butcher quotes: I longed for my bed. I longed for sleep. I longed for my bed. I longed for sleep.
Jim Butcher quotes: Peace cannot be bought, Aleron," he murmured to LaFortier. "History teaches that lesson. I learned it. You should have, too." LaFortier Peace cannot be bought, Aleron," he murmured to LaFortier. "History teaches that lesson. I learned it. You should have, too." LaFortier
Jim Butcher quotes: Like "love," "hope" is one of those ridiculously disproportional words that by all rights should be a lot longer. Like "love," "hope" is one of those ridiculously disproportional words that by all rights should be a lot longer.
Jim Butcher quotes: The border's been waggling back and forth like a hooker at a dockworker's convention. The border's been waggling back and forth like a hooker at a dockworker's convention.
Jim Butcher quotes: You can't plan for everything or you never get started in the first place. You can't plan for everything or you never get started in the first place.
Jim Butcher quotes: Vanity, thy name is vampire. Vanity, thy name is vampire.
Jim Butcher quotes: For a second, I wanted very badly to know a spell that would let me melt through the floor in a quivering puddle of please-don't-kill-me. For a second, I wanted very badly to know a spell that would let me melt through the floor in a quivering puddle of please-don't-kill-me.
Jim Butcher quotes: Magic comes from life, from the energy of our world and from people, from their emotions and their will. That's what I had always been taught. Magic comes from life, from the energy of our world and from people, from their emotions and their will. That's what I had always been taught.
Jim Butcher quotes: Better to have the magical arsenal and not need it, than to not have it and get killed to death. I Better to have the magical arsenal and not need it, than to not have it and get killed to death. I
Jim Butcher quotes: Just remember, Harry, I told you this was a bad idea." "Preemptive I-told-you-sos," I said. "Now I've seen everything. Just remember, Harry, I told you this was a bad idea." "Preemptive I-told-you-sos," I said. "Now I've seen everything.
Jim Butcher quotes: A technicality I'm prepared to hide wildly behind. A technicality I'm prepared to hide wildly behind.
Jim Butcher quotes: Yeah, but I forgot to take my George Orwell-shaped multivitamins along with my breakfast bowl of Big Brother Os this morning. Yeah, but I forgot to take my George Orwell-shaped multivitamins along with my breakfast bowl of Big Brother Os this morning.
Jim Butcher quotes: Oh, good grief. The Mickey Mouse Club of werewolves wanted to throw in on my side. Oh, good grief. The Mickey Mouse Club of werewolves wanted to throw in on my side.
Jim Butcher quotes: Nobody can be bad at everything. There's no such thing as a perfect screwup. Nobody can be bad at everything. There's no such thing as a perfect screwup.
Jim Butcher quotes: From the pain of our failures we learn to be better, stronger, greater than what we were before. From the pain of our failures we learn to be better, stronger, greater than what we were before.
Jim Butcher quotes: Kids. You gotta love them. I adore children. A little salt, a squeeze of lemonperfect. Kids. You gotta love them. I adore children. A little salt, a squeeze of lemon
perfect.
Jim Butcher quotes: Just because you start out as one thing, it doesn't mean you can't grow into something else. Just because you start out as one thing, it doesn't mean you can't grow into something else.
Jim Butcher quotes: Survival was not enough. One had to live. Survival was not enough. One had to live.
Jim Butcher quotes: Beer is an excellent argument that there is a God, and that furthermore, He wants us to be happy. Beer is an excellent argument that there is a God, and that furthermore, He wants us to be happy.
Jim Butcher quotes: I put the ick in magic. I put the ick in magic.
Jim Butcher quotes: Men plan. Fate Laughs. Men plan. Fate Laughs.
Jim Butcher quotes: A tumbleweed went rolling by in the street. I'm not even kidding. An actual, literal tumbleweed. Man, Oklahoma. A tumbleweed went rolling by in the street. I'm not even kidding. An actual, literal tumbleweed. Man, Oklahoma.
Jim Butcher quotes: Rowl was not prepared to tolerate incompetence where his personal human was concerned. He had just gotten her properly trained. Rowl was not prepared to tolerate incompetence where his personal human was concerned. He had just gotten her properly trained.
Jim Butcher quotes: You know, I believe it is possible to reference something other than Star Wars, boss." I narrowed my eyes in Muppetly wisdom. "That is why you fail. You know, I believe it is possible to reference something other than Star Wars, boss." I narrowed my eyes in Muppetly wisdom. "That is why you fail.
Jim Butcher quotes: The Winter inside me was torment and agony - but at least when I was immersed in it, I couldn't feel. The Winter inside me was torment and agony - but at least when I was immersed in it, I couldn't feel.
Jim Butcher quotes: You're reacted to the fear, but you haven't ever faced it and put it into the fight perspective. You have to make up your mind to overcome it. You're reacted to the fear, but you haven't ever faced it and put it into the fight perspective. You have to make up your mind to overcome it.
Jim Butcher quotes: Parts of Chicago are wondrous fair, and parts of Chicago look postapocalyptic. This block had seen the apocalypse come, grunted, and said, Meh. Parts of Chicago are wondrous fair, and parts of Chicago look postapocalyptic. This block had seen the apocalypse come, grunted, and said, Meh.
Jim Butcher quotes: Righteous. The real deal. He's honest, loyal, faithful. He lives his ideals. It gives him power. Righteous. The real deal. He's honest, loyal, faithful. He lives his ideals. It gives him power.
Jim Butcher quotes: He's a rather brilliant defensive tactician," Grimm said. "I agree," Bayard said. "The problem is that he's an inept defensive strategist. He's a rather brilliant defensive tactician," Grimm said. "I agree," Bayard said. "The problem is that he's an inept defensive strategist.
Jim Butcher quotes: What is this thing you speak of, 'sleep'? What is this thing you speak of, 'sleep'?
Jim Butcher quotes: How bad is it?" "They drafted me," I said. "That's bad, all right," Bob said cheerfully. How bad is it?" "They drafted me," I said. "That's bad, all right," Bob said cheerfully.
Jim Butcher quotes: Here's something else I bet you didn't know about Tyrannosaurs: they don't corner well. Here's something else I bet you didn't know about Tyrannosaurs: they don't corner well.
Jim Butcher quotes: I love being a wizard. Every day is like Disneyland. I love being a wizard. Every day is like Disneyland.
Jim Butcher quotes: I've had a tense couple of days. And I've got to tell you, burning someone's face off sounds like a great way to relax. I've had a tense couple of days. And I've got to tell you, burning someone's face off sounds like a great way to relax.
Jim Butcher quotes: You always a wiseass?" "No. Sometimes I'm asleep." He You always a wiseass?" "No. Sometimes I'm asleep." He
Jim Butcher quotes: The next time you interfere with me, more than smoke will interfere with you. The next time you interfere with me, more than smoke will interfere with you.
Jim Butcher quotes: Aye, Skipper!" Journeyman said. Aye, Skipper!" Journeyman said.
Jim Butcher quotes: It isn't about being fair and equal. It's about the difference between right and wrong." He stared out at the bloody Elinarch. "And this was wrong. It isn't about being fair and equal. It's about the difference between right and wrong." He stared out at the bloody Elinarch. "And this was wrong.
Jim Butcher quotes: The cold rain came down in buckets. I was shaking, shivering, and naked, and more soap was getting into my eyes. But hey. At least I was clean. The cold rain came down in buckets. I was shaking, shivering, and naked, and more soap was getting into my eyes. But hey. At least I was clean.
Jim Butcher quotes: Children run everywhere for a reason--it's fun. Grown-ups can forget that sometimes. Children run everywhere for a reason--it's fun. Grown-ups can forget that sometimes.
Jim Butcher quotes: Polka will never die!" Butters screamed. "I can't believe I'm hearing this," Thomas muttered. Polka will never die!" Butters screamed. "I can't believe I'm hearing this," Thomas muttered.
Jim Butcher quotes: Man. Being mostly dead is hard on a guy. Man. Being mostly dead is hard on a guy.
Jim Butcher quotes: The worst lies are almost always silence - or else truth, tainted with just enough deception to rot it to the core. The worst lies are almost always silence - or else truth, tainted with just enough deception to rot it to the core.
Jim Butcher quotes: In for a sheep, in for a gargant. In for a sheep, in for a gargant.
Jim Butcher quotes: It isn't enough to stand up and fight darkness. You've got to stand apart from it, too. You've got to be different from it. It isn't enough to stand up and fight darkness. You've got to stand apart from it, too. You've got to be different from it.
Jim Butcher quotes: The energy of night was far different than that of the daylight - not inherently evil, but wilder, more dangerous, more unpredictable. The energy of night was far different than that of the daylight - not inherently evil, but wilder, more dangerous, more unpredictable.
Jim Butcher quotes: ...as nervous as a bird in a coal mine. ...as nervous as a bird in a coal mine.
Jim Butcher quotes: There's nothing that makes you more insane than family. Or more happy. Or more exasperated. Or more ... secure. There's nothing that makes you more insane than family. Or more happy. Or more exasperated. Or more ... secure.
Jim Butcher quotes: Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day," I said. "But set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life. Tao of Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day," I said. "But set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life. Tao of Pratchett.
Jim Butcher quotes: If you can't stop the bad thoughts from coming to visit, at least you can make fun of them while they're hanging around. If you can't stop the bad thoughts from coming to visit, at least you can make fun of them while they're hanging around.
Jim Butcher quotes: Now I feel like James Bond. Suave and intelligent, breaking all the codes while looking fabulous. Now I feel like James Bond. Suave and intelligent, breaking all the codes while looking fabulous.
Jim Butcher quotes: You couldn't guess at a breed to look at him, but at least one of his parents must have been a wooly mammoth. You couldn't guess at a breed to look at him, but at least one of his parents must have been a wooly mammoth.
Jim Butcher quotes: I serve.""Serve who?""Heaven. Or the divine in nature. The memory of my fathers past. My fellow man. Myself. All pieces of the same thing. I serve."
"Serve who?"
"Heaven. Or the divine in nature. The memory of my fathers past. My fellow man. Myself. All pieces of the same thing.
Jim Butcher quotes: Lies. Mab cannot change who you are. Lies. Mab cannot change who you are.
Jim Butcher quotes: Got to die of something," Giraldi observed. "Might as well put back a few pints while you wait to see what it is. Got to die of something," Giraldi observed. "Might as well put back a few pints while you wait to see what it is.
Jim Butcher quotes: The Blue Beetle was not a clown car," I said severely. "It was a machine of justice. The Blue Beetle was not a clown car," I said severely. "It was a machine of justice.
Jim Butcher quotes: Sometimes, son," Count Calderon said, "you have to acknowledge that your future is in someone else's hands. Sometimes, son," Count Calderon said, "you have to acknowledge that your future is in someone else's hands.
Jim Butcher quotes: Not that I was worried about anyone stealing my car. I once had a car thief offer to get me something better for a sweetheart rate. Not that I was worried about anyone stealing my car. I once had a car thief offer to get me something better for a sweetheart rate.
Jim Butcher quotes: Still going with the phallic foci, eh? Staff and rod?""They make me feel all manly. Still going with the phallic foci, eh? Staff and rod?"
"They make me feel all manly.
Jim Butcher quotes: I do business with many people over the course of centuries, and treachery is a bad long-term investment. It simply isn't good business. I do business with many people over the course of centuries, and treachery is a bad long-term investment. It simply isn't good business.
Jim Butcher quotes: I like to think of it less as embezzling and more as an involuntary goodwill contribution. I like to think of it less as embezzling and more as an involuntary goodwill contribution.
Jim Butcher quotes: Which in retrospect just goes to show that a pretty face can inspire even a bodiless spirit of intellect to dizzying heights of idiocy. Which in retrospect just goes to show that a pretty face can inspire even a bodiless spirit of intellect to dizzying heights of idiocy.
Jim Butcher quotes: Just like credit card companies, or those student loan people. Now there's evil for you. Just like credit card companies, or those student loan people. Now there's evil for you.
Jim Butcher quotes: I shied away from that line of thought, lest it bring up too many old memories. I shied away from that line of thought, lest it bring up too many old memories.
Jim Butcher quotes: There are people out there who enjoy hurting and scaring others. They're going to keep doing it until you make them stop. There are people out there who enjoy hurting and scaring others. They're going to keep doing it until you make them stop.
Jim Butcher quotes: Being here? With you? I've met my subconscious, and he's not that sick. Being here? With you? I've met my subconscious, and he's not that sick.
Jim Butcher quotes: It's just one hour. Just one little hour. What could happen in one hour? It's just one hour. Just one little hour. What could happen in one hour?
Jim Butcher quotes: It doesn't take much power to hurt someone," she said. "It's far easier than healing the damage. It doesn't take much power to hurt someone," she said. "It's far easier than healing the damage.
Jim Butcher quotes: The Wardens put on their own epic production of Fahrenheit 452," Bob said. "They spent about twenty years finding and destroying copies. The Wardens put on their own epic production of Fahrenheit 452," Bob said. "They spent about twenty years finding and destroying copies.
Jim Butcher quotes: That's Doctor Smart-ass. I didn't spend eight years in insult college to be called Mister. That's Doctor Smart-ass. I didn't spend eight years in insult college to be called Mister.

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