Quotes from Jim Butcher

You are the help." "We're in trouble," I said.

We are as the dead, Sha said. Our purpose is to dedicate our lives to the service of our lord. And, when it is necessary, to surrender those lives. When we become what we are, we lose our lives - our names, our family, our homes, and our honour. All that remains is our lord.

How do i do this?

Murphyonic? Sure, Butters said. You exude a Murphyonic field. Anything that can go wrong does.

Maybe my values are outdated, but I come from an old school of thought. I think that men ought to treat women like something other than just shorter, weaker men with breasts.

I smoothed a bloodied lock of hair from her eyes and felt very tired as I said, "The only people who never hurt are dead.

People are likely to do the most ridiculously illogical things for the most incomprehensible of reasons.

I hope you're one of the good guys, Mr. Dresden. We really need a good guy. I

But mostly, it ends badly when wizards try to stay too close to their kin.

Good man always stands against that.

You're a genuine Greek god. You're the Lord of the Underworld. And . . . you named your dog Spot?

Harry Dresden, Winter Knight, Targets Slain, No Barbecues, Waterslides, or Fireworks Displays.

Tavi grinned. 'Are you with me?' 'The plan is insane,' Ehren said. 'You are insane.' He looked around the inside of the tent. 'I'll need some pants.

Ma'am, the way this usually works is that I ask you a question, and then you tell me a lie. If you give me a dishonest answer before I have the chance to ask the question, it offends my sense of propriety." Her

I figure everyone is so insane about the internet there must be something cool there.

Such hats often signified humans who considered themselves important, which was adorable for the first few moments and trying ever after.

The Gatekeeper joined the rest of the Senior Council, and they trooped back up to their podiums. Podii. Podia. Whatever. Goddamned correspondence course.

There should be some kind of rule against needing to kill anything more than once. Rain

Whatever the reason, I'm happy to remember the time we had.

The important things don't need to be said.

After Tolkien I went after C. S. Lewis. After Lewis, it was Lloyd Alexander. After them came Fritz Leiber, Roger Zelazny, Robert Howard, John Norman, Poul Anderson, David Eddings, Weis and Hickman, Terry Brooks, Elizabeth Moon, Glen Cook

I look at things and think about them,' Folly replied. 'And use my intuition, of course, and deduction and induction, as well as any historical or theoretical models that seem to apply.

Knowledge counters fear. It always has.

I don't trust electronics. Anything manufactured after the forties is suspect—and doesn't seem to have much liking for me. You name it: cars, radios, telephones, TVs, VCRs—none of them seem to behave well for me.