Dresden Quotes - Page 5

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

  Jim Butcher

  Scum, Harry Dresden

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

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• Where instinct fails, intellect must venture.

  Jim Butcher

  Venture, Failing, Instinct

  Jim Butcher (2000). “Storm Front: Book one of The Dresden Files”, p.67, Penguin Group

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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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• Just remember that you're on my list, Marcone. Soon as I get done with all the other evils in this town, you won't be the lesser of them anymore." Marcone stared at me with half-lidded eyes and said, "Eek.

  Jim Butcher

  Eye, Evil, Done

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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

  Jim Butcher

  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

  Jim Butcher

  Thinking, Knights, Order

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• Time after time, history demonstrates that when people don't want to believe something, they have enormous skills of ignoring it altogether.

  Jim Butcher

  Believe, Skills, People

  Jim Butcher (2006). “Dead Beat: A Novel of The Dresden Files”, p.67, Penguin

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• No matter where you go, there you are. (Uriel to Harry Dresden)

  Jim Butcher

  Being Yourself, Travel, Clever

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• Never let it be said that Harry Dresden is afraid of a dried, dead bug. Creepy or not, I wasn't going to let it ruin my concentration. So I scooped it up with the corner of the phone book and popped it into the middle drawer of my desk. Out of sight, out of mind. So I have a problem with creepy, dead, poisonous things. So sue me.

  Jim Butcher

  Book, Phones, Sight

  Jim Butcher (2000). “Storm Front: Book one of The Dresden Files”, p.55, Penguin Group

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• Screw up my life?" He stared at me for a second and then said, deadpan, "I'm a five-foot-three, thirty-seven-year-old, single, Jewish medical examiner who needs to pick up his lederhosen from the dry cleaners so that he can play in a one-man polka band at Oktoberfest tomorrow." He pushed up his glasses with his forefinger, folded his arms, and said, "Do your worst.

  Jim Butcher

  Men, Feet, Glasses

  Jim Butcher (2006). “Dead Beat: A Novel of The Dresden Files”, p.63, Penguin

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• So we get a plan," I said. "Any suggestions?" "Blow up the building," Kincaid said without looking up. "That works good for vampires. Then soak what's left in gasoline. Set it on fire. Then blow it all up again." "For future reference, I was sort of hoping for a suggestion that didn't sound like it came from that Bolshevik Muppet with all the dynamite.

  Jim Butcher

  Blow, Fire, Vampire

  Jim Butcher (2004). “Blood Rites: Book six of The Dresden Files”, p.203, Penguin

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• It would require a singularly stupid man to go hang around in narrow tunnels and cramped spaces alongside a threat like that. "And I, Harry Dresden, am that man," I stated.

  Jim Butcher

  Stupid, Men, Space

  Jim Butcher (2011). “Ghost Story: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.231, Penguin

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• Discretion is the better part of not getting exsanguinated.

  Jim Butcher

  Harry Dresden, Discretion

  Jim Butcher (2004). “Blood Rites: Book six of The Dresden Files”, p.26, Penguin

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• Thomas was an annoying wiseass who tended to make everyone he met want to kill him, and when I have that much in common with someone, I can't help but like him a little.

  Jim Butcher

  Want, Littles, Helping

  Jim Butcher (2004). “Blood Rites: Book six of The Dresden Files”, p.18, Penguin

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• The best thing about my faerie godmother is that the creepy just keeps on coming.

  Jim Butcher

  Creepy, Godmother, Harry Dresden

  "Ghost Story: The Dresden Files, Book Thirteen". Book by Jim Butcher, July 28, 2011.

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• For the sake of one soul. For one loved one. For one life." I called power into my blasting rod, and its tip glowed incandescent white. "The way I see it, there's nothing else worth fighting a war for" -Harry Dresden

  Jim Butcher

  War, Fighting, White

  Jim Butcher (2008). “Grave Peril: Book three of The Dresden Files”, p.266, Penguin

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• Dammit, Dresden, if you want to know about me, wait for the autobiography like everyone else.

  Jim Butcher

  Waiting, Want, Autobiography

  Jim Butcher (2004). “Blood Rites: Book six of The Dresden Files”, p.220, Penguin

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• You are a drug dealer. To tiny faeries. Shame." Sanya to Dresden

  Jim Butcher

  Drug, Tiny, Shame

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• I don't know about your true form, but the weight of your ego sure is pushing the crust of the earth toward the breaking point.

  Jim Butcher

  Point Break, Ego, Weight

  Jim Butcher (2008). “Grave Peril: Book three of The Dresden Files”, p.170, Penguin

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• Nobody can be bad at everything. There’s no such thing as a perfect screwup.

  Jim Butcher

  Perfect, Harry Dresden

  Jim Butcher, Kat Richardson, Simon R. Green, Thomas E. Sniegoski (2009). “Mean Streets”, p.34, Penguin

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• My laboratory,' I said, experimentally, drawing out each syllable. 'Why is it that saying it like that always makes me want to follow it with 'mwoo-hah-hah-hahhhhh'? ' 'You were overexposed to Hammer Films as a child?' - Harry Dresden & Bob the Skull, Changes, Jim Butcher

  Jim Butcher

  Children, Skulls, Drawing

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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.

  Jim Butcher

  Crazy, Humble, Men

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