Jim Butcher Quotes - Page 11

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• If you shoot, I will kill her before I die." Yes," Kitai said in a patient tone. "Which is why I have not shot you. Yet.

  Jim Butcher

  Tone, Patient, Shots

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• Crows," Maximus breathed. "Was that who I think it was?" "Phrygiar Navaris," Tavi said, nodding. "What was she doing here?" Max asked. "Getting humiliated, mostly. Especially there at the end.

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  Thinking, Crow, Max

  Jim Butcher (2008). “Captain's Fury”, p.92, Penguin

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• The human mind is not a terribly logical or consistent place.

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  People, Psychology, Mind

  Jim Butcher (2009). “Turn Coat: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.144, Penguin

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• I was seducing shepherdesses when you weren't a twinkle in your great-grandcestor's eyes. I think I know what I'm doing.

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  Eye, Thinking, Seducing

  Jim Butcher (2000). “Storm Front: Book one of The Dresden Files”, p.93, Penguin Group

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• There's a fine line between audacity and idiocy.

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  Audacity, Lines, Fine

  Jim Butcher (2009). “Turn Coat: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.156, Penguin

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• Marcone's scum... But he's his own scum.

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  Scum, Harry Dresden, Dresden

  "Small Favor". Book by Jim Butcher, April 1, 2008.

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• Honey, I liked the Harry Potter movies, too, but that doesn’t mean I ran out and got a Dark Mark tattooed onto my left forearm like you did.

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  Mean, Dark, Potters

  Jim Butcher, Charlaine Harris, Sherrilyn Kenyon (2009). “Blood Lite: An Anthology of Humorous Horror Stories Presented by the Horror Writers Association”, p.362, Simon and Schuster

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• Harry Dresden. Saving the world, one act of random destruction at a time.

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  Heroism, World, Saving

  Jim Butcher (2010). “Side Jobs: Stories from the Dresden Files”, p.173, Penguin

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• For the record, surgeries aren't pretty. there's a hideous sense of intimately inappropriate exposure to another human being, and it feel something like accidentally walking in on a naked parent. Only there's more gore. Bits are exposed that just shouldn't be out in the open, and they're covered in blood. Its embarrassing, disgusting, and unsettling all at the same time." Harry Dresden, Turn Coat.

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  Blood, Parent, Naked

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• Murphy watched me thoughtfully for several empty seconds. Then she said, very gently, "You're a good man, Harry." I swallowed and bowed my head, made humble by the tone of her voice and the expression on her face, more than the words themselves. Not always rational," she said, smiling. "But you're the best kind of crazy.

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  Crazy, Humble, Men

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• Susan hardly had begun to slow down when Tera appeared from between a couple of buildings and loped over to the car. I leaned forward, opened the door, and she got into the backseat. I threw her the extra clothes I had picked up, and she began to dress without comment. It worked," I said. "We did it." Of course it worked," Tera said. "Men are foolish. They will stare at anything female and naked.

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  Couple, Men, Doors

  Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 1-6”, p.495, Penguin

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• Hello Angel,'Michael rumbled, and leaned over to give the woman a kiss on the cheek. She accepted it with all the loving tolerance of a Komodo dragon. 'Don't you hello angel me. Do you know what I had to go through to find a baby-sitter, get all the way out here, get the money together and then get the sword back for you?

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  Baby, Angel, Kissing

  Jim Butcher (2008). “Grave Peril: Book three of The Dresden Files”, p.42, Penguin

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• Tavi looked wildly around the courtyard, and when his gaze flicked toward them, his face lit witha ferocious smile. "Uncle Bernard! Uncle Bernard!" he shouted, pointing at Doroga. "He followed me home! Can we keep him?

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  Uncles, Home, Faces

  Jim Butcher (2009). “Furies Of Calderon: The Codex Alera: Book One”, p.370, Hachette UK

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• Maybe the Merlin was right. Maybe its better to look stupid but strong, than it is to look smart but weak, I don't know. I'm not sure I want to believe that the world stage bears that strong a resemblance to high school.

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  Strong, Smart, Stupid

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• The vampire’s true appearance was grotesque--but it wasn’t as bad as some of the things I had seen in my day. Some demons were a lot worse, and some of the Elder Things could rip your mind apart just by letting you look at them

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  Rip, Mind, Vampire

  Jim Butcher (2000). “Storm Front: Book one of The Dresden Files”, p.108, Penguin Group

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• Lady Placida smiled. “History seldom takes note of serendipity when it records events. And from what I have heard, I suspect an argument could be made that you very much did earn the title.” “Many women have earned titles, Your Grace. It doesn't seem to have been a factor in whether or not they actually received them.” Lady Placida laughed. “True enough. But perhaps that is beginning to change.” She offered her hands. “It is a distinct pleasure to meet you, Steadholder.

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  Hands, Serendipity, Grace

  Jim Butcher (2006). “Academ's Fury”, p.200, Penguin

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• I felt like I had just double-tapped Santa.

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  Santa, Felt

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• People have far more power than they realize, if they would only choose to use it.

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  People, Use, Realizing

  Jim Butcher (2010). “Side Jobs: Stories from the Dresden Files”, p.200, Penguin

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• ...The next time I opened my eyes, I was in the morgue. This, all by itself, is enough to really ruin your day. I was lying on the examining table, and Butters, complete with his surgical gown and his tray of autopsy instruments, stood over me. 'I'm not dead!' I sputtered. 'I'm not dead!' - Harry Dresden, Death Masks, Jim Butcher

  Jim Butcher

  Lying, Eye, Gowns

  Jim Butcher (2003). “Death Masks: Book five of The Dresden Files”, p.359, Penguin Group

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• ... They paid some madman who thought he was a decorator a lot of money to make the place look hip and unique. May be it's my lack of fashion sense talking, but I thought they should have held out for one of those gorillas who has learned to paint. The results would have been of similar quality, and they could have paid in fresh produce. - Harry Dresden, Small Favor, Jim Butcher

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  Fashion, Unique, Talking

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• You need to know where to go,' Sanya said. 'Yes,' 'And you are going to consult four large pizzas for guidance.' 'Yes,' I said. ...'There is, I think, humour here which does not translate well from English into sanity.' 'That's pretty rich coming from the agnostic Knight of the Cross with a holy Sword who takes his orders from an archangel.' I said. - Harry Dresden & Sanya, Changes, Jim Butcher

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  Thinking, Knights, Order

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• Children are a precious gift, but they belong to no one but themselves. They are only lent us a little while.

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  Children, Littles, Precious Gifts

  Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 7-12”, p.1208, Penguin

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• Wait. You don't understand. I just wanted it to stop. Wanted the hurting to stop." I smoothed a bloodied lock of hair from her eyes and felt very tired as I said, "The only people who never hurt are dead." The light died out of her eyes, her breath slowing. She whispered, barely audible, "I don't understand." I answered, "I don't either." A tear slid from her eye and mixed with the blood. Then she died.

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  Hurt, Tired, Eye

  Jim Butcher (2002). “Summer Knight: Book four of The Dresden Files”, p.358, Penguin

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• Billy squinted at me. "Why are you letting them go?" "Because they're real." "How do you know?" "The one I was holding crapped on my hand.

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  Real, Hands, Knows

  Jim Butcher (2002). “Summer Knight: Book four of The Dresden Files”, p.18, Penguin

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• We're all of us equally naked before the jaws of pain.

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  Pain, Naked

  Jim Butcher (2008). “White Night: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.207, Penguin

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