Harry Dresden Quotes - Page 2

• He had hard, steady eyes, and all the comforting, reassuring charm of a dental drill. - Harry Dresden describing Morgan

  Jim Butcher

  Eye, Comforting, Dental

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• I didn't want to believe that killing was deep inside of me. I didn't want to think about the part of me that took a dark joy in gathering all the power it could and using it as I saw fit, everything else be damned. There was power to be had in hatred, too, in anger and in lust, in selfishness and in pride. And I knew that there was some dark corner of me that would enjoy using magic for killing—and then long for more. That was black magic, and it was easy to use. Easy and fun. Like Legos.

  Jim Butcher

  Fun, Believe, Pride

  Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 1-6”, p.438, Penguin

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

  Jim Butcher

  Witty, Fearless, Masters

  Jim Butcher (2010). “Changes: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.29, 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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• I don't believe in faeries!

  Jim Butcher

  Believe, Faerie, Dresden

  "Summer Knight". Book by Jim Butcher, 2002.

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• Many things are not as they seem: The worst things in life never are.

  Jim Butcher

  Things In Life, Worst, Seems

  Jim Butcher (2008). “White Night: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.15, Penguin

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• I'm sure that you psychotic necro-wannabes with delusions of godhood are all about sharing with your fellow maniacs.

  Jim Butcher

  Psychotic, Wannabes, Delusion

  Jim Butcher (2006). “Dead Beat: A Novel of The Dresden Files”, p.213, 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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• And remember, no matter where you go, there you are.

  Earl Mac Rauch

  Happiness, Being Yourself, Travel

  Earl Mac Rauch (2001). “The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai”, p.69, Simon and Schuster

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• Anger is just anger. It isn't good. It isn't bad. It just is. What you do with it is what matters. It's like anything else. You can use it to build or to destroy. You just have to make the choice.

  Jim Butcher

  Anger, What Matters, Choices

  Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 7-12”, p.1693, Penguin

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• Discretion is the better part of not getting exsanguinated.

  Jim Butcher

  Dresden, Discretion

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

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• There’s nothing that makes you more insane than family. Or more happy. Or more exasperated. Or more . . . secure.

  Jim Butcher

  Family, Home, Insane

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• Magic. It can get a guy killed.

  Jim Butcher

  Guy, Magic, Dresden Files

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

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• Wizards and computers get along about as well as flamethrowers and libraries.

  Jim Butcher

  Library, Wizards, Computer

  Jim Butcher (2010). “Changes: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.23, Penguin

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• Son. Everyone dies alone. That's what it is. It's a door. It's one person wide. When you go through it, you do it alone. But it doesn't mean you've got to be alone before you go through the door. And believe me, you aren't alone on the other side.

  Jim Butcher

  Believe, Mean, Son

  Jim Butcher (2006). “Dead Beat: A Novel of The Dresden Files”, p.399, Penguin

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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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• 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.

  Jim Butcher

  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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• 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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• We have now left Reason and Sanity Junction. Next stop, Looneyville.

  Jim Butcher

  Next, Sanity, Reason

  Jim Butcher (2008). “Grave Peril: Book three of The Dresden Files”, p.112, Penguin

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• Yeah, but I forgot to take my George Orwell-shaped multivitamins along with my breakfast bowl of Big Brother Os this morning.

  Jim Butcher

  Morning, Brother, Breakfast

  Jim Butcher (2008). “White Night: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.59, Penguin

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• Paranoia is a survival trait when you run in my circles. It gives you something to do in your spare time, coming up with solutions to ridiculous problems that aren't ever going to happen. Except when one of them does, at which point you feel way too vindicated. - Harry Dresden, Changes, Jim Butcher

  Jim Butcher

  Running, Circles, Giving

  Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 7-12”, p.3270, Penguin

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• My name is Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden. Conjure by it at your own risk. I'm a wizard. I work out of an office in midtown Chicago. As far as I know, I'm the only openly practicing professional wizard in the country. You can find me in the yellow pages, under "Wizards." Believe it or not, I'm the only one there. My ad looks like this: HARRY DRESDEN — WIZARD Lost Items Found. Paranormal Investigations. Consulting. Advice. Reasonable Rates. No Love Potions, Endless Purses, Parties, or Other Entertainment You'd be surprised how many people call just to ask me if I'm serious.

  Jim Butcher

  Country, Party, Believe

  Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 1-6”, p.21, 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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• Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Life, Wisdom, Anger

  The Fellowship of the Ring bk. 1, ch. 3 (1954)

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• I've done smarter things in my life. Once, for example, I threw myself out of a moving car in order to take on a truckload of lycanthropes singlehandedly." ~Harry Dresden

  Jim Butcher

  Moving, Order, Car

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