Jim Butcher Quotes - Page 11

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• I sometimes give myself excellent advice. Occasionally, I even listen to it.

  Jim Butcher

  Giving, Advice, Sometimes

  Jim Butcher (2011). “Ghost Story: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.222, Penguin

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• I mean it," I said. "You're in danger." "Relax, Harry. I'm not letting anyone lick me, and I'm not looking anyone in the eyes. It's kind of like visiting New York.

  Jim Butcher

  New York, Mean, Eye

  Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 1-6”, p.844, Penguin

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• When you do something stupid and die, it's pathetic," I said. "When you do something stupid and survive it, then you get to call it impressive or heroic.

  Jim Butcher

  Stupid, Heroic, Said

  Jim Butcher (2006). “Dead Beat: A Novel of The Dresden Files”, p.384, Penguin

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• Bob, would you be willing to take on Evil Bob?" Bob's eyes darted nervously. "I'd . . . prefer not to. I'd really, really prefer not to. You have no idea. That me was crazy. And buff. He worked out.

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  Crazy, Eye, Ideas

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• Apocalypse is a frame of mind." [Nicodemus] said then. "A belief. A surrender to inevitability. It is a despair for the future. It is the death of hope.

  Jim Butcher

  Mind, Despair, Belief

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• There is hinkiness afoot with regard to my, ah, disposition.

  Jim Butcher

  Disposition, Regard

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• Answer my question, Dresden,' Nicodemus growled. 'What is that?' 'A precaution against getting stuck in deep snow,' I said. 'He's training to be a Saint Bernard.' 'Excuse me?' Nicodemus said. I mimed covering one of Mouse's ears with my hand and stage-whispered, 'Don't tell him that they don't actually carry kegs of booze on their collars. Break his little heart.

  Jim Butcher

  Heart, Hands, Snow

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• I once lost five years listening to a Pink Floyd album.

  Jim Butcher

  Years, Listening, Albums

  Jim Butcher (2011). “Ghost Story: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.36, Penguin

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• It bothered me that he was right. Without Sir Stuart's intervention, I'd have been dead again already. That's right--you heard me: dead again already. I mean, come on. How screwed up is your life (after- or otherwise) when you find yourself needing phrases like that?

  Jim Butcher

  Mean, Finding Yourself, Phrases

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• 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.

  Jim Butcher

  Race, Ideas, People

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

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• ...It's just one hour. Just one little hour. What could happen in one hour?

  Jim Butcher

  Littles, Hours, Just One

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• Science, the largest religion of the twentieth century, had become tarnished by images of exploding space shuttles, crack babies, and a generation of complacent Americans who allowed the television to raise their children. People were looking for something - I think they just didn't know what. And even though they were once again starting to open their eyes to the world of magic and the arcane that had been with them all the while, they still thought I must be some kind of joke.

  Jim Butcher

  Baby, Children, Eye

  Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 1-6”, p.14, Penguin

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• The mad rarely know that they are mad. It's the rest of the world, I think, that seems insane to them.

  Jim Butcher

  Thinking, Mad, Insane

  Jim Butcher (2011). “Ghost Story: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.173, Penguin

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• I'm brilliant as well as skilled," he said modestly. "It's a great burden, all of that on top of my angelic good looks. But I try to soldier on as best I can.

  Jim Butcher

  Soldier, Trying, Looks

  Jim Butcher (2006). “Dead Beat: A Novel of The Dresden Files”, p.383, Penguin

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• You’re playing the creepy vibe a little hard,” I said. “Might as well go for broke, put on a black top hat and pipe in some organ music.

  Jim Butcher

  Black, Creepy, Littles

  Jim Butcher (2009). “Small Favour: The Dresden Files, Book Ten”, p.204, Hachette UK

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• Uh, the Council," I said. "Big shock, they aren't helping." Murphy looked like she might be asleep, but she snorted. "So we're on our own." Yeah." Good. It's more familiar.

  Jim Butcher

  Might, Helping, Yeah

  Jim Butcher (2010). “Changes: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.275, Penguin

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

  Jim Butcher

  Pain, Naked

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

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• That’s the problem with you nearly immortal types,” I said. “You couldn’t spot a pop culture reference if it skittered up and implanted an embryo down your esophagus.

  Jim Butcher

  Culture, Problem, Type

  Jim Butcher (2009). “Small Favor: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.324, Penguin

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• Murphy hung up and I said, to the still-open line, "Hey, if you've got someone watching my place, could you call the cops if anyone tries to steal my Star Wars poster? It's an original." Then I vindictively hung up on the FBI. It made my inner child happy.

  Jim Butcher

  Stars, Children, War

  Jim Butcher (2010). “Changes: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.147, Penguin

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• They say you can know a man by his enemies, Dresden." He smiled, and laughter lurked beneath his next words, never quite surfacing. "You defy beings that should cow you into silence. You resist forces that are inevitable for no more reason than that you believe they should be resisted. You bow your head to neither demons nor angels, and you put yourself in harm's way to defend those who cannot defend themselves." He nodded slowly. "I think I like you.

  Jim Butcher

  I Like You, Laughter, Believe

  Jim Butcher (2010). “Changes: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.136, Penguin

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• Gruff,” I said, “I find myself largely clueless about why mortal women do what they do. It will take a wiser man than me to understand what’s in a fae woman’s mind.

  Jim Butcher

  Clueless, Men, Mind

  Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 7-12”, p.2423, Penguin

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• I just stood there staring, because while I've seen a lot of weird things, I hadn't ever seen that.

  Jim Butcher

  Weird Things, Staring

  Jim Butcher (2006). “Dead Beat: A Novel of The Dresden Files”, p.49, Penguin

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• I guess maybe you don’t get to be the Merlin of the White Council by saving up frequent-flier miles

  Jim Butcher

  Saving Up, White, Miles

  Jim Butcher (2009). “Turn Coat: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.331, 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.

  Jim Butcher

  Blood, Parent, Naked

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• The past was gone. Nothing could change what had already been. Looking back at it, letting its wounds fester, indulging in regret was just a different, slower way to die. The living moved forward.

  Jim Butcher

  Regret, Past, Different

  Jim Butcher (2008). “Captain's Fury”, p.314, Penguin

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