Jim Butcher Quotes

They say we wizards are subtle. But believe you me, we've got nothing, nothing at all, on .

They were donuts of darkness.

They'd paid some madman who thought he was a decorator a lot of money to make the place look hip and unique. Maybe it's my lack of fashion sense talking, but I thought they should have held out for on...

Things were weird enough without needing to ride around in a van with a bunch of naked, somewhat geeky college students.

This is scary.And we're doing it anyway, I said.That makes us brave, right?If we get away with it, I said. If we don't, it just makes us stupid.

This is what is going to happen, Aleran. You will no longer lie with me. You will treat me in exactly the fashion that you would any proper young lady of the Citizenry. You will court me, and do it we...

This is why you're all kernels and I'm a major general. 'Cause you got corn silk in your ears.

This never happens again, I said quietly. You try to get to me through other mortals again and I'll kill you.Mavra's rotted lips turned up at one corner. No, you won't, she said in her dusty voice. Yo...

This whole thing, I said is going to come down to guessing who isn't what they look like.Who is? Karrin asked, her hands moving surely over the weapon. Ever.

Thwart, I said. To prevent someone from accomplishing something by means of visiting gratuitous violence upon his smarmy person.

Time to start doing, I whispered.

Try not to look like that, Ascher said under breath, after we were in the elevator.Like what? I asked.Like you're expecting ninjas to leap out of the trash cans. This is a party.Everyone knows there's...

WIZARDLost items found. Paranormal Investigations.Consulting. Advice. Reasonable Rates.No Love Potions, Endless Purses, or Other Entertainment.

Walls keep you from seeing things. They help make things less real. Sure, maybe you hear loud, sharp noises outside some nights. But it’s easy to tell yourself that those aren’t gunshots, that there’s...

We all must die. There is no better way to do so than in the pursuit of something you love.

We followed him through the wealthy splendor of the house. Hardwood floors. Custom carved woodworking. Statues. Fountains. Suits of armor. Original painting, one of them a van Gogh. Stained-glass wind...

We headed toward the creepy old slaughterhouse full of dangerous beings. Which... pretty much tells you what kind of day I was having, right there.

We start by sinking a barge, I decided. Then I blinked and looked at the Erlking. Can we sink a barge?The shadow-masked Erlking tilted his head slightly to one side, his burning eyes narrowed. Wizard,...

We're always disappointed when we find out someone else has human limits, the same as we do. It's stupid for us to feel that way, and we really ought to know better, but that doesn't seem to slow us d...

Well, Antillus Raucus said. There it is. Brilliant last words, Phrygius said beside him. We’ll put them on your memorium. Right next to, ‘He died stating the obvious.’ Ah, Lord Placida said. It begin...