Jim Butcher Quotes

Against anything human, more than one round to the head would be overkill: When the merely mortal goes up against the supernatural, there's no such as overkill

At the end of the day . . . some son of a bitch had freaking killed me.That’s not the kind of thing you can just let stand.

But even the tough, capable centurions gave Marcus speculative glances, as if seeking out his thoughts on their predicament. Marcus returned the glances with nothing but crisp salutes, letting them se...

Children have their own kind of power. When you're teaching them, protecting them, you are more than you thought you could be. More understanding, more patient, more capable, more wise.

Erlking, I told her. Big-time bad guy. Wants to eat me.Why? she asked.Well. I met him, I said.

Esmerelda’s blue and green eyes could have made Stevie remember being hired by Mister Snuffleupagus, if that was what she wanted.

Even days that culminate in a grand battle against an insane ghost and a trip across the border between this world and the spirit realm usually start out pretty normally.

Every potion has eight parts. One part is a base liquid to hold the others and provide a medium for mixing. Five parts are symbolically linked to each of the five senses. One is similarly linked to th...

Every relationship ended. Sometimes it ended voluntarily with a break-up or an affair. Sometimes it ended with death. Only the lucky ones died together. Everyone else had to suffer through being a sur...

Everyone begs everyone’s pardon, but I’ve never seen a pardon. Is it near the spleen? Bridget blinked, then gave her head a little shake to keep the odd thought from crawling into her ear.

Everyone dies alone. That’s what it is. It’s a door. It’s one person wide. When you go through it, you do it alone.

Everyone dies, honey, I said, very quietly. Everyone. There's no 'if.' There's only 'when.' I let that sink in for a moment. you die, do you want to feel ashamed of what you've done with your life? F...

Everything I told him was technically true, more or less, and I got the job done, Jack said stubbornly. Look, sir, if I were perfect, I wouldn't be working here in the first place. Now, would I?And th...

Everything’s mine, Francis, she replied in a merry tone. The only question is whether or not it knows it is yet.

Fear and anger always come hand in hand. Anger is my hiding place from fear, my shield and my sword against it.

For me chivalry isn't dead; it's an involuntary reflex.

For the good of the people, some must place themselves in harm’s way. Some must pledge their courage and their lives to protect the community.

For the record, surgeries aren't pretty. there's a hideous sense of intimately inappropriate exposure to another human being, and it feel something like accidentally walking in on a naked parent. Only...

Form up, I murmured, because it sounded more military and tougher than saying, You guys go first.

Gandalf never had this kind of problem. He had exactly this problem, actually, standing in front of the hidden Dwarf door to Moria. Remember when…