Jim Butcher Quotes

So I added in all the pains I'd learned. Cooking blunders I'd had to eat anyways. Equipment and property constantly breaking down, needing repairs and attention. Tax insanity, and rushing around tryin...

Thank God for wisecracks.

There're things we keep hidden from one another. Things we hide from ourselves. Things that are kept hidden from us. And things no one knows. You always learn the damnedest things at the worst possibl...

Technically,' I said, I'm not breaking any of the Laws of Magic. I'm not robbing you of your will, so I'm clear of the Fourth Law. And you didn't get loose, so I'm clear of the Seventh Law. The Counci...

I am blind and limited. I would be a fool think myself wise. And so, not knowing what the universe means, I can only try to be responsible with the knowledge, the strength, and the time given to me. I...

I blinked and squinted against the light. I recognized the voice now. Hi, Murphy. This is going to be one of those conversations, isn’t it?

It only means what you decide it means.

My imagination needs therapy.

Mort drove one of those little hybrid cars that, when not running on gasoline, was fueled by idealism. It was made out of crepe paper and duct tape and boasted a computer system that looked like it co...

One thing you can count on when visiting the Nevernever: you don't ever get bored.

I died. I died and someone made a clerical error and I am in Heaven.

I'm dealing with a lot of scary things. I think you have to react to them. And you either laugh at them or you go insane.

I’ve had worse, Michael said, his voice strained. He shifted his weight, testing the leg, and made a hissing sound—but it supported his weight. Only a flesh wound. Yeah, I said. ’Tis but a scratch. Co...

People have far more power than they realize, if they would only choose to use it.

You must be Warden Ramirez.This is the part where I got nervous. Ramirez loved women. Ramirez never shut up about women. Well, he never shut up about anything in general, but he'd go on and on about v...

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

Like I said, magic comes from life, and especially from emotions. They're a source of the same intangible energy that everyone can feel when an autumn moon rises and fills you with a sudden sense of b...

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

I knew what it was like to have holes in my life in the shape of people who should have been there.

The blood on their hands does not make it right to bloody my own. My choices are measured against my own soul. Not against the stains on theirs.