Jim Butcher Quotes

Sometimes the things that are good for you, in the long run, hurt for a little while when you first get to them.

Somewhere along the way, their passion had become bottled anger. The anger had fermented into bitter hatred. Then the hatred had fed upon itself, gnawing away at them over years, even decades, until o...

Souls, I said. I mean, you always wonder if they're real. Even if you believe in them, you still have to wonder: Is my existence just this body? Is there really something more? Do I really have a soul...

Speed of lightning! Roar of thunder! Fighting all who rob or plunder! Underdog!

Stop learning, start dying,

Stop where you are. He didn’t. He took a step toward me. So I shot him.

Subtle and quick to anger? Not so subtle.

Suppose I tell you to fuck off.I will no longer be in a playful mood, it purred. I will come for you. I will kill your blood, your friends, your beasts. I will kill the flowers in your home and the tr...

Surely, that is merely a colorful euphemism, rather than a statement of desire.

Tavi looked wildly around the courtyard, and when his gaze flicked toward them, his face lit witha ferocious smile. Uncle Bernard! Uncle Bernard! he shouted, pointing at Doroga. He followed me home! C...

Thank me when I save your life. You’ve done that already, I said. Back in the museum. So we’re even? Once you’ve made that swap, you don’t keep counting, man, I said. Drive safe.

That kind of subtle manipulation always works best amidst a flurry of distractions. Washington’s been doing it like that for decades.

That was the entire reason to have battle commanders in the first place—so that one man could balance the advantages of logic and reason against the emotional, insane demands of close battle.

That you are young, the cat said. And less wise than one who is old. I am wiser than you, and I say you should go. It is obvious. You should trust a wiser head than your own. You aren’t any older than...

That...that bitch.

That’s the difficult part of being mortal. Of having choice. Much is hidden from you.

That’s the great thing about being a wizard. I can always tell myself, honestly, that things could be worse.

That’s the true power of a wizard. I know things. Knowledge is power. With power comes responsibility.

That’s why black magic is so easy—it comes from lust, from fear and anger, from things that are easy to feed and make grow.

The Denarians want to disrupt civilization, and with the Archive under their control, they could do it. Maybe they’d use biological or chemical weapons instead. Maybe they’d crash the world economy. M...