Jim Butcher Quotes - Page 7

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• I had a vague memory of being that ridiculous at one time. Let he who hath never worn parachute pants cast the first stone.

  Jim Butcher

  Memories, Stones, Pants

  Jim Butcher (2003). “Death Masks: Book five of The Dresden Files”, p.162, Penguin Group

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• Laughter is good for you. Nine out of ten stand-up comedians recommend laughter in the face of intense stupidity.

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  Laughter, Laughing, Stupidity

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• I like to stay cozy with my paranoia, not pass her around to my friends and family.

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  Family And Friends, Cozy, Paranoia

  Jim Butcher (2009). “Turn Coat: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.51, Penguin

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• There was a sound like a human yawn, and then the skull turned slightly toward me and asked, "What's up, boss?" "Evil's afoot." "Well, sure," Bob said, "because it refuses to learn the metric system. Otherwise it'd be up to a meter by now.

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  Skulls, Evil, Boss

  Jim Butcher (2008). “White Night: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.117, Penguin

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• Rain was coming down in sheets. I could hear it, on the concrete outside and on the old building above me. It creaked and swayed in the spring thunderstorm and the wind, timbers gently flexing, wise enough with age to give a little, rather than put up stubborn resistance until they broke. I could probably stand to learn something from that.

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  Wise, Spring, Rain

  Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 1-6”, p.190, Penguin

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• Thank God for wisecracks.

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  Thank God, Dresden

  Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 1-6”, p.56, Penguin

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• And thrice do I say to thee...bite me.

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  Thee, Bite Me, Thrice

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• There are some people who will never understand what loyalty means. They could tell you what it was, of course, but they will never know.They will never see it from the inside. They couldn't imagine a world where something like that was real.

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  Loyalty, Real, Mean

  Jim Butcher (2009). “Furies Of Calderon: The Codex Alera: Book One”, p.71, Hachette UK

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• There’s nothing that makes you more insane than family. Or more happy. Or more exasperated. Or more . . . secure.

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  Family, Home, Insane

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• There is no spoon. I am completely spoonless over here.

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  Spoons

  Jim Butcher (2011). “Ghost Story: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.111, Penguin

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• Many things are not as they seem: The worst things in life never are.

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  Things In Life, Harry Dresden, Worst

  Jim Butcher (2008). “White Night: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.15, Penguin

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• No one is an unjust villain in his own mind. Even - perhaps even especially those who are the worst of us. Some of the cruelest tyrants in history were motivated by noble ideals, or made choices they would call "hard but necessary" for the good of their nation. We're all the hero of our own story.

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  Hero, Tyrants, Choices

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• Life can be confusing. Good God, and how. Sometimes it seems like the older I get, the more confused I become. That seems ass-backwards. I thought I was supposed to be getting wiser. Instead, I just keep getting hit over the head with my relative insignificance in the greater scheme of the universe. Confusing, life. But it beats the hell out of the alternative.

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  Confused, Confusing, Alternatives

  Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 7-12”, p.1268, Penguin

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• Me and polite have never been on close terms.

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  Term, Polite

  Jim Butcher (2010). “Side Jobs: Stories from the Dresden Files”, p.97, Penguin

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• Jump into an open grave? What kind of idiot are you?" Butters replied. "I might as well put on a red shirt and volunteer for the away team. There's snow and ice and slippery mud down there. That's like asking for an ironically broken neck.

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  Team, Ice, Snow

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• Chili dogs, funnel cakes, fried bread, majorly greasy pizza, candy apples, ye gods. Evil food smells amazing -- which is either proof that there is a Satan or some equivalent out there, or that the Almighty doesn't actually want everyone to eat organic tofu all the time. I can't decide.

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  Dog, Cake, Smell

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• 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.

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  Pain, Heart, Cutting

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• I am blind and limited. I would be a fool think myself wise. And so, not knowing what the universe means, I can only try to be responsible with the knowledge, the strength, and the time given to me. I must be true to my heart.

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  Wise, Heart, Mean

  Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 1-6”, p.1685, Penguin

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• Night wasn't so much falling as sharpening its claws.

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  Fall, Night, Claws

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• Oh," the girl said, shaking her head. "Don't be so simple. People adore monsters. They fill their songs and stories with them. They define themselves in relation to them. You know what a monster is, young shade? Power. Power and choice. Monsters make choices. Monsters shape the world. Monsters force us to become stronger, smarter, better. They sift the weak from the strong and provide a forge for the steeling of souls. Even as we curse monsters, we admire them. Seek to become them, in some ways." Her eyes became distant. "There are far, far worse things to be than a monster.

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  Girl, Song, Strong

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• I don't have a muse. I have a mortgage.

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  Mortgage, Muse

  "'More of us should be hated and feared by our readers!'". The Fantasy Writers panel at NYCC, www.tor.com. October 9, 2010.

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• If you can't manage courtesy, try silence.

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  Silence, Trying, Courtesy

  Jim Butcher (2008). “White Night: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.153, Penguin

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• I don't want to live in a world where the strong rule and the weak cower. I'd rather make a place where things are a little quieter. Where trolls stay the hell under their bridges and where elves don't come swooping out to snatch children from their cradles. Where vampires respect the limits, and where the faeries mind their p's and q's. My name is Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden. Conjure by it at your own risk. When things get strange, when what goes bump in the night flicks on the lights, when no one else can help you, give me a call. I'm in the book.

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  Strong, Children, Book

  Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 1-6”, p.362, Penguin

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• Then you know that Sam was the true hero of the tale,' Sayna said. 'That he faced far greater and more terrible foes than he ever should have had to face, and did so with courage. That he went alone into a black and terrible land, stormed a dark fortress, and resisted the most terrible temptation of his world for the sake of the friend he loved. That in the end, it was his actions and his actions alone that made it possible for light to overcome darkness.

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  Love, Hero, Dark

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• Discussing a problem with yourself is almost never a good way to secure a divergent viewpoint.

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  Divergent, Viewpoints, Way

  Jim Butcher (2011). “Ghost Story: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.181, Penguin

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