Jim Butcher Quotes - Page 6

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• Knowledge is the ultimate weapon. It always has been.

  Jim Butcher

  Weapons, Has Beens, Ultimate

  Jim Butcher (2008). “White Night: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.112, Penguin

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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 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.

  Jim Butcher

  Strong, Children, Book

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

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

  Jim Butcher

  Silence, Trying, Courtesy

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

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• When I'm in turmoil, when I can't think, when I'm exhausted and afraid and feeling very, very alone, I go for walks. It's just one of those things I do. I walk and I walk and sooner or later something comes to me, something to make me feel less like jumping off a building.

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  Journey, Thinking, Jumping

  Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 1-6”, p.256, Penguin

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• Likest thou jelly within thy doughnut?

  Jim Butcher

  Jelly, Doughnut

  Jim Butcher (2009). “Small Favor: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.357, Penguin

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

  Jim Butcher

  Laughter, Laughing, Stupidity

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• Ack!" I said. Fearless master of the witty dialogue, that's me.

  Jim Butcher

  Witty, Fearless, Harry Dresden

  Jim Butcher (2010). “Changes: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.29, Penguin

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• ‎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

  Fighting, Darkness, Different

  Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 1-6”, p.586, Penguin

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• As in 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'?" The skull howled with laughter. "You just got your ass handed to you by a nursery tale?""I wouldn't say they handed me my ass," I said.Bob was nearly strangling on his laughter, and given that he had no lungs it seemed gratuitous somehow. "That's because you can't see yourself," he choked out. "Your nose is all swollen up and you've got two black eyes. You look like a raccoon. Holding a dislocated ass.

  Jim Butcher

  Laughter, Eye, Two

  Jim Butcher (2009). “Small Favor: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.31, Penguin

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• Growing up is all about getting hurt. And then getting over it. You hurt. You recover. You move on. Odds are pretty good you're just going to get hurt again. But each time, you learn something. Each time you come out of it a little stronger, and at some point you realize there are more flavors of pain than coffee. Pain does two things: it teaches you, tells you that you're alive. Then it passes away and leaves you changed. And everything that will ever happen to you in life is going to involve it in one way or another.

  Jim Butcher

  Hurt, Growing Up, Pain

  "White Night". Book by Jim Butcher, 2007.

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• I don't have anything against God. Far from it. But I don't understand Him. And I don't trust a lot of the people that go around claiming that they're working in His best interests. Faeries and vampires and whatnot -- those I can fathom. Even demons. Sometimes, even the Fallen. I can understand why they do what they do. But I don't understand God. I don't understand how he could see the way people treat one another, and not chalk up the whole human race as a bad idea

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  Race, Ideas, People

  Jim Butcher (2008). “Grave Peril: Book three of The Dresden Files”, p.154, Penguin

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• Whatever you do, do it for love. If you keep to that, your path will never wander so far from the light that you can never return.

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  Light, Path, Return

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• Fear is a part of life. It's a warning mechanism. That's all. It tells you when there's danger around. Its job is to help you survive. Not cripple you into being unable to do it.

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  Jobs, Fear, Positive Thinking

  Jim Butcher (2006). “Dead Beat: A Novel of The Dresden Files”, p.227, Penguin

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• Pain is a byproduct of life. That’s the truth. Life sometimes sucks. That’s true for everyone. But if you don’t face the pain and the suck, you don’t ever get the other things either. Laughter. Joy. Love. Pain passes, but those things are worth fighting for. Worth dying for.

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  Laughter, Pain, Fighting

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• It isn't good to hold on too hard to the past. You can't spend your whole life looking back. Not even when you can't see what lies ahead. All you can do is keep on keeping on, and try to believe that tomorrow will be what it should be—even if it isn't what you expected.

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  Lying, Believe, Past

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• Smiling always seems to annoy people more than actually insulting them. Or maybe I just have an annoying smile.

  Jim Butcher

  People, Insulting, Annoying

  Jim Butcher (2000). “Storm Front: Book one of The Dresden Files”, p.40, Penguin Group

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• You can't plan for everything or you never get started in the first place.

  Jim Butcher

  Firsts, Plans

  Jim Butcher (2010). “Changes: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.101, Penguin

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• There is a primal reassurance in being touched, in knowing that someone else, someone close to you, wants to be touching you. There is a bone-deep security that goes with the brush of a human hand, a silent, reflex-level affirmation that someone is near, that someone cares.

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  Hands, Touching You, Knowing

  Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 7-12”, p.1584, Penguin

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• There are old swordsmen and bold swordsmen. But few old, bold swordsmen.

  Jim Butcher

  Swordsman

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• My head was throbbing, and my hands were shaking, but I went down the ladder to my workroom - and started figuring out how to rip someone's heart out of his chest from fifty miles away. Who says I never do anything fun on a Friday night?

  Jim Butcher

  Friday, Fun, Rip

  Jim Butcher (2000). “Storm Front: Book one of The Dresden Files”, p.128, Penguin Group

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• Star Trek?” I asked her. “Really?” “What?” she demanded, bending unnaturally black eyebrows together. “There are two kinds of people in the universe, Molly,” I said. “Star Trek fans and Star Wars fans. This is shocking.” She sniffed. “This is the post-nerd-closet world, Harry. It’s okay to like both.” “Blasphemy and lies,” I said.

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  Stars, War, Lying

  Jim Butcher (2011). “Ghost Story: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.391, Penguin

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• Keep it up, wise guy. I'm always going to be taller than you once you're lying unconscious on the ground.

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  Wise, Lying, Guy

  Jim Butcher (2009). “Small Favor: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.46, Penguin

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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.

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  Memories, Stones, Pants

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

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• I still can't believe," Michael said, sotto voce, "that you came to the Vampires' Masquerade Ball dressed as a vampire.

  Jim Butcher

  Believe, Vampire, Balls

  Jim Butcher (2008). “Grave Peril: Book three of The Dresden Files”, p.159, Penguin

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