Jim Butcher Quotes

I'd hate to find out that the universe really wasn't conspiring against me. It would jerk the rug out from under my persecution complex.

I've got blisters and muscle cramps in places not meant for the touch of anything but a beautiful woman, Max spat back sullenly. I've bitten my tongue so many times in the past three days that I whist...

I... briefly wondered why I kept running into repeat uses of various locations around town. This wasn't the first time I'd dealt with the bad guys choosing to reuse a location different bad guys had u...

If Gabriel is an ambassador, if Michael is a general, if Rafael is a healer and spiritual champion, then Uriel is a spymaster—Heaven’s spook.

If I'd realized how rabid he was to catch me slipping, I wouldn't have added more fuel to his fire by hitting him in the mouth.Okay. I probably still would have hit him in the mouth. But I wouldn't ha...

If a White Court vampire wants to feed off a human, all she really has to do is crook her finger, and he comes running. There isn’t any ominous music. Nobody sparkles. As far as anyone looking on is c...

If he stayed close enough to Maggie for long enough, the dog might wind up with more education than me. Then there'd be no talking to him.

If she were in a race for her life, that roar was the starter pistol. If God were the referee, He had just shouted Go.

If you can't manage courtesy, try silence.

If you shoot, I will kill her before I die.Yes, Kitai said in a patient tone. Which is why I have not shot you. Yet.

If you weren't getting pretty close to crazy right now, would you be talking to yourself right now?

If you’re ever in a spooky situation and have a strong instinct that you are being watched, hunted, or followed, I advise you not to treat those instincts lightly.

It hurts! bellowed Ramirez drunkenly, flinging a last pair of bolts at a fleeing ghoul. Ow! Ow, it hurts! It hurts to be this *good*!

It is going to work, I told her, keeping my tone confident. We’ll breeze right in. The Rack will be with us. Justine glanced at me with an arched eyebrow. The Rack? The Rack is more than just boobs, J...

It is how decent, civilized people behave, Captain Ransom. Though I suppose that to someone of your level of moral fortitude, it must seem remarkable.

It is the nature of the universe that things remain. Nothing ever disappears completely. The very sound of Creation still echoes throughout the vast darkness: The universe remembers.

It isn't a club, I said calmly. It's a walking stick.Six feet long.It's traditional Ozark folk art.With dents and nicks all over it.I thought about it for a second. I'm insecure?Get a blanket. He held...

It isn’t that simple, Harry. No matter where you go, there you are. Look, I’ve had a long night. I know, my double said. Believe me, I know. That’s why it’s important to get some of this out now, befo...

It seemed like people could go one of two ways: Either freak out and start rioting, or they actually act like human beings in trouble out to, and look out for one another. When LA blacked out, there h...

It takes calculation to win a duel against a reptile, and you've always been impatient.