Quotes from Jim Butcher, Dead Beat

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

Heroism doesn't pay very well. I try to be cold-blooded and money-oriented, but I keep screwing it up.

I'm brilliant as well as skilled, " he said modestly. "It's a great burden, all of that on top of my angelic good looks. But I try to soldier on as best I can.

Life is a journey. Time is a river. The door is ajar

Fear is a part of life. It's a warning mechanism. That's all. It tells you when there's danger around. Its job is to help you survive. Not cripple you into being unable to do it.

You're reacted to the fear, but you haven't ever faced it and put it into the fight perspective. You have to make up your mind to overcome it.