Jim Butcher Quotes

I can’t be under arrest right now,’ I said back to him. ‘I don’t have the time.

I checked the icebox. The faeries usually brought some sort of food to stock the icebox and the pantry when they cleaned, but they could have mighty odd ideas about what constituted a healthy diet. On...

I declared her brain frozen and assumed command of the local Warden detachment, which was handy, since it consisted of only me anyway.

I did absolutely nothing. Carefully.

I don’t always knock down doors, I said. Sometimes it’s a wall.

I don’t trust electronics. Anything manufactured after the forties is suspect—and doesn’t seem to have much liking for me. You name it: cars, radios, telephones, TVs, VCRs—none of them seem to behave...

I drew my pentacle into my fist, raised it like every vampire slayer you ever saw does it, and said, Jesus Christ, lady. I just came here to talk.

I drove my right fist into its stupid, creepy face. Man, the yahoos I scrap with never seem to anticipate that tactic. They all assume that what with me being a wizard and all, I’m going to stand back...

I enjoyed activities and the company of friends. But they were a side dish.

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 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 find it remarkable how often amateurs confuse courage with idiocy.

I folded my arms. I don’t usually do stakeouts.I thought it might be a nice change of pace for you. All that knocking down of doors and burning down of buildings must get tiring.I don’t always knock d...

I had never much believed in God. Well, that’s not quite true. I believed that there was a God, or something close enough to it to warrant the name—if there were demons, there had to be angels, right?...

I have been beaten, but I have not yielded. I’m not going to start yielding now.

I love watching him think, Maeve told Lily. You can almost hear that poor little hamster running and running on its wheel.

I mean, a lot of teenage guys fail in their first relationships. Not many of them murder the girl involved.

I mean, go figure. You prepare your home for an assault and you don’t take zombies into consideration. I’d fallen victim to one of the other classic blunders, along with not getting involved in a land...

I might as well put on a red shirt and volunteer for the away team.

I moved my feet in a vague shuffle, and remembered somewhere that when you walked, you moved them alternately. This improved our progress considerably.