Jim Butcher Quotes - Page 19

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• Being here? With you? I've met my subconscious, and he's not that sick.

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  Sick, Mets, Subconscious

  Jim Butcher (2011). “Ghost Story: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.14, Penguin

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• Pretty please. With sugar.

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  Sugar, Please

  Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 1-6”, p.1657, Penguin

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• Fading light means more than just the end of another day. Night is when terrible things emerge from their sleep and seek soft flesh and hot blood.

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  Mean, Sleep, Night

  "Turn Coat". Book by Jim Butcher, 2009.

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• People always equate beauty with good, but it just ain't so.

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  People

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• Yeah, they look great, but that isn't a fantasy come true, Harry. That's a wood chipper in Playboy bunny clothing.

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  Looks, Bunnies, Woods

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• [Mouse is] with us. The dog is a handicap-assist animal." The kid lifted his eyebrows. "My mouth is partially paralyzed," I said. "It makes it hard for me to rea. He's here to help me with the big words. Tell me if I'm supposed to push or pull on doors, that kind of thing.

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  Dog, Kids, Animal

  Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 7-12”, p.1679, Penguin

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• I like to think of it less as embezzling and more as an involuntary goodwill contribution.

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  Thinking, Involuntary, Contribution

  Jim Butcher (2012). “Cold Days: The Dresden Files, Book Fourteen”, p.278, Hachette UK

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• You killed my dog! Get your affairs in order.

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  Dog, Order, Affair

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• It doesn't make you a monster to want, she said, her voice very gentle. It's what you do with it that matters.

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  Voice, Monsters, Want

  Jim Butcher (2010). “Side Jobs: Stories from the Dresden Files”, p.136, Penguin

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• Molly blinked, then looked at Thomas and said, "Wait a minute.... We're his flunkies." "You, may be," Thomas said, sneering. "I'm his thug. I'm way higher than a flunky." "You are high if you think I'm taking any orders from you," Molly said tartly.

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  Thug, Thinking, Order

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• I will make Maggie safe. If the world burns because of that then so be it. Me and the kid will roast some marshmallows.

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  Kids, World, Safe

  Jim Butcher (2010). “Changes: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.67, Penguin

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• A bunch of people are gonna be mad at me, I’ve got some kind of medical issue that’s going to kill me in a while if I don’t deal with it, oh, and the island’s blowing up tomorrow and taking a whole lot of the country with it if I don’t fix it.” Thomas gave me a steady look. “So,” he said. “Same old, same old.

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  Country, Islands, Issues

  Jim Butcher (2012). “Cold Days: The Dresden Files, Book Fourteen”, p.125, Hachette UK

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• Here there be monster." Bob whispered, half hysterically. "Run! Run already!

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  Running, Monsters, Half

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• Because even if they are doing something immoral, I'd be an idiot to start criticizing them for it if I wasn't perfect myself. Smoking is self-destructive. Drinking is self-destructive. Losing your temper and yelling at people is wrong. Lying is wrong. Cheating is wrong. Stealing is wrong. But people do that stuff all the time. Soon as I figure out how to be a perfect human being, then I'm qualified to go lecture other people about how they live their lives.

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  Cheating, Lying, Drinking

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• Magic. It can get a guy killed.

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  Guy, Magic, Harry Dresden

  Jim Butcher (2011). “Ghost Story: The Dresden Files, Book Thirteen”, Hachette UK

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• Mab turned back to me and eyed me up and down. She quirked one eyebrow, very slightly, somehow conveying layers of disapproval toward multiple aspects of my appearance, conduct, and situation, and said, 'Finally.' 'There’s been a lot on my mind,' I replied. 'It seems unlikely that your cares will lighten,' Queen Mab replied. 'Improve your mind.'

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  Queens, Eyebrows, Mind

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• Thank God for imminent doomsday.

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  Thank God, Doomsday

  Jim Butcher (2012). “Cold Days: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.175, Penguin

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• Sometimes it isn't easy to be sane, smart, and responsible. Sometimes it sucks. Sucks wang. Camel wang. But that doesn't turn wrong into right or stupid into smart.

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  Smart, Stupid, Camels

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• You think this is going to work? This peaceful summit thing?” “Sure,” I said. After a second, I added, “Probably.” “Probably?” “Maybe,” I said. “We’re down to maybe now?” I shrugged. “We’ll see.

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  Thinking, Peaceful, Said

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• He’s being held prisoner on a ceramic-lined cookie sheet in the oven,” Thomas said. “I figured he couldn’t jigger his way out of a bunch of steel, and it would give him something to think about before we start asking questions.” “That’s an awful thing to do to one of the Little Folk, man,” I said. “I’m planning to start making a pie in front of him.” “Nice.” “Thank you.

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  Nice, Men, Thinking

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• Go back,” he said. “Can’t. Stand aside?” “Can’t.” “So it’s like that?” I said. Fix exhaled. Then he nodded. “Yeah.” And for the first time in a decade the Winter Knight and Summer Knight went to war.

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  Summer, War, Winter

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• Knight takes Knight,” I called into the cloudy night air. “Check.

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  Night, Air, Checks

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• The last time I was at a supernatural shindig, I got poisoned and then everything there tried to kill me. So I burned the whole place to the ground.

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  Lasts, Kill Me, Burned

  Jim Butcher (2011). “Ghost Story: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.444, Penguin

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• I found him in a Dumpster one day when he was a kitten and he promptly adopted me. Despite my struggles, Mister had been an understanding soul, and I eventually came to realize that I was a part of his little family, and by his gracious consent was allowed to remain in his apartment. Cats. Go figure.

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  Struggle, Cat, Understanding

  Jim Butcher (2001). “Fool Moon: Book two of The Dresden Files”, p.61, Penguin

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• 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.

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  Car, Thieves, Sweetheart

  Jim Butcher (2003). “Death Masks: Book five of The Dresden Files”, p.32, Penguin Group

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