Quotes from Jim Butcher

It's not everyone who can teach you something about faith without saying a word to do it.

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

The only people who never hurt are dead.

And they have a problem with Dresden, I take it? Murphy asked. Wanna kill him or something. I don't know, Thomas said, nodding. They tried it on Jet Skis earlier today. Roger Moore Bond villains? Murphy asked, her tone derisive. Seriously? Be silent, mortal cow, snarled one of the Sidhe. Murphy tracked her eyes calmly over to that one, and she nodded once, as if memorizing something. Yeah, okay. You.

Two million bucks would buy you a lot of ramen.

The Carpenters had a threshold more solid and extensive than the Great Wall of China. I would not be in the least bit surprised if you could see it from space.

Sheep can befriend a hungry wolf only for briefly.

Holy water, a couple cloves of garlic, vials of salt, and iron fillings filled the basket, intended to be door prizes for anything that showed up in an attempt to suck my blood, carry me off to faerieland, or sell me stale cookies.

I leaned into Karrin a little and said, next to her ear, You ready for this? Only a lunatic is ready for this, she said. I could hear her smile as she spoke. Then she turned her head and, before I could react, planted a kiss right on my mouth. I almost fell off the Harley. She drew her head back, flashed me a wicked little smile, and said, For luck. Star Wars -style. You are so hot right now, I told her.

That...that bitch.

The words first. Damned near everything begins with words. I am, I breathed, and suddenly the ice was clear of my mouth. I am Harry... I panted, and the pain redoubled. And I laughed. As if some freak who never loved enough to know loss could tell me about pain.

You're one hell of a woman, Molly," I said. "Thank you.

Form up, I murmured, because it sounded more military and tougher than saying, You guys go first.

Rowl was not prepared to tolerate incompetence where his personal human was concerned. He had just gotten her properly trained.

When I finally got tired of arguing with her and decided to write a novel as if I was some kind of formulaic, genre writing drone, just to prove to her how awful it would be, I wrote the first book of the Dresden Files.

There are many things you have never done," Rowl responded. "To be frightened of them is of no use to you.

I am somewhat proud of this, Mab's cold voice said. To be sure, the White Christ never suffered so long or so terribly as did this traitor. Three days on a tree. Hardly enough time for a prelude. When it came to visiting agony, the Romans were hobbyists.

Murphy, you rock! Go team Dresden! Hey, I'm the one who rocks... Go team Murphy.

There is, I think, humor here which does not translate well from English into sanity.

Let me be clear that I never offered House Astor an insult... Nor did I insult Reginald. I simply described him in accurate terms. If he finds himself insulted by the truth, it's hardly my concern.

A human of significantly less clumsiness than most came aboard, a small male, and despite its diminutive stature, it moved with a warrior's confidence and wore a very large and fine hat. Such hats often signified humans who considered themselves important, which was adorable for the first few moments and trying ever after.

Fear and anger always come hand in hand. Anger is my hiding place from fear, my shield and my sword against it.

Sometimes I get tired of being the guy who is supposed to deal with un-deal-withable situations.

Never point a gun at anything you aren't sure you want dead.