Quotes from Jim Butcher

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

Open eyes are of little use when the mind behind them is closed.

Maybe they'd use biological or chemical weapons instead. Maybe they'd crash the world economy. Maybe they'd turn every program on television into one of those reality shows. That's mostly done already, Harry. Oh. Well. I've got to believe that the world is worth saving anyway.

Worry is fear in disguise. And fear will eat you from the inside out if you let it.

Laughter, like love, has power to survive the worst things life has to offer. And to do it with style.

you look like you fell out of a crazy tree and hit every branch on the way down.

Thank God for imminent doomsday.

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.

We're ostriches and the whole world is sand.

Michael smiled at me a little. "You're a good man, Harry. But you're making the same mistake Nicodemus always has—and the same one Karrin did." "What mistake?" "You all think the critical word in the phrase 'Sword of Faith' is 'sword.

Nice try?" Butters said. "Mister, where I come from, there is no try.

Things are not always as bad as they seem. Sometimes, the darkness only makes it easier to see the light.

I'm lost. I know every step I took to get here, and I'm still lost.

She gave me a hard look. No one likes a wiseass, Harry. Are you kidding? As long as the wiseass is talking to someone else , people love 'em.

Lacuna peered at my shirt. Aer-O-Smith. Arrowsmith. Does the shirt belong to your weapon dealer? No. Then why do you wear the shirt of someone else's weapon dealer?

Hey, He croaked. You. Arrogant bitch ghost. I'm not really into this whole hero thing, Mort said. Don't have the temperament for it. Don't know a lot about the villain side of the equation, either. He planted his feet,facing the Corpsetaker squarely, his hands clenched into fist at his side. But it seems to me, you half-wit, that you probably shouldn't have left a freaking ectomancer a pit full of wraiths to play with.

You need to know where to go, Sanya said. Yes. And you are going to consult four large pizzas for guidance. Yes, I said. The big man frowned for a moment. Then he said, There is, I think, humor here which does not translate well from English into sanity.

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

They say we wizards are subtle. But believe you me, we've got nothing, nothing at all, on women .

Dresden. Am I interrupting something? Well, I was going to settle down with a porn video and a bottle of baby oil, but I really don't have enough for two.

Some things just aren't meant to go together. Things like oil and water. Orange juice and toothpaste.

Never touch my brother on his fucking birthday.

Billy squinted at me. Why are you letting them go? Because they're real. How do you know? The one I was holding crapped on my hand.

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