Jim Butcher Quotes

Her looks were almost extraneous. They weren’t any more important to her appeal than a glass was to wine.

He’s being held prisoner on a ceramic-lined cookie sheet in the oven, Thomas said. I figured he couldn’t jigger his way out of a bunch of steel, and it would give him something to think about before w...

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Jim Butcher (born October 26, 1971) is an American author. He has written the contemporary fantasy The Dresden Files, Codex Alera, and Cinder Spires book series.

Honest. It's almost always best to go with honest. It means you never have to worry about getting your story straight.

I am disturbed by the presence of inordinate levels of coincidence

I am just another blind man. I do not get the whole picture of what transpires in all places. I am blind and limited. I would be a fool to think myself wise. And so, not knowing what the universe mean...

I am somewhat proud of this, Mab's cold voice said. To be sure, the White Christ never suffered so long or so terribly as did this traitor. Three days on a tree. Hardly enough time for a prelude. When...

I could taste the blood in my mouth, from where I had bitten into my tongue, and I either had to spit or swallow. I swallowed. No comments, please.

I dealt with the White Council my whole life, so I’m used to being treated like a mushroom— Eh? Ascher asked. Kept in the dark and fed bullshit, Binder reported calmly. Ah.

I did tell you, I said. I told you at Mac's that I'd give you a ride home, but I had to run an errand first.Thomas scowled. An *errand* is getting a tank of gas or picking up a carton of milk or somet...

I didn’t have any money or ID. I didn’t have a credit card. Hell, I didn’t have a business card.What would it say? 'Harry Dresden, Winter Knight, Targets Slain, No Barbecues, Waterslides, or Fireworks...

I do magic, in one form or another, and that’s pretty much it. I really need to get a life, one of these days.

I even heard that they can bring people back from the dead.Jesus, Butter swore.I kinda doubt they had anything to do with that one.No, no, I meant --I know what you meant. t was a joke, Butters.

I felt my face stretch in a victorious smile. The potion had worked. I was inside. I had to suppress an urge to break into a soft shoe routine. Sometimes being able to use magic was so cool.

I finished the beer and sighed. Arrogance, I said. I feel stupid. Good, Michael said. It’s good for everyone to feel that way sometimes. It helps remind you how much you still have to learn.

I had about as much chance to do that as I did of backpacking my car to the top of Mount Rushmore.

I had this teacher who kept telling me that if I was ever in a fair fight, someone had made a mistake, she said

I kicked him in the head with my rented formal shoes. My shoe went flying off, which I was pretty sure never happened to James Bond. The

I know what it’s like to lose it.

I leaned into Karrin a little and said, next to her ear, You ready for this?Only a lunatic is ready for this, she said. I could hear her smile as she spoke. Then she turned her head and, before I coul...

I like dogs. They give Mister something to snack on.