Jim Butcher Quotes

Those were long odds. Really, really long odds. Ridiculously long odds, really. When you have to measure them in astronomical units, it probably isn't a good bet.

Those who have such a family seldom realize how rare and precious it is.

Tonight you will be visited by three spirits. The ghosts of indictment past, present, and future. They will teach you the true meaning of 'you are still a scumbag criminal.

Trite but true—you don’t know what you have until it’s gone. People change. The world changes. And sooner or later you lose people you care about. If you don’t mind some advice from someone who doesn’...

Troubleshooters? Michael asked.When there's trouble, I told him, they shoot it.

Uh, I said, feeling somewhat off balance. What do I think of gay guys? Yes. Boink and let boink, more or less.

Unfortunately, my head wasn’t getting thoughts through to my mouth. You aren’t . . . I’m not sure if I can . . . Karrin, I want this, but . . . It’s all right, she said quietly. I’m not sure, I said a...

Uriel smiled. Collin, like the others, is wit me because he is not yet prepared to face what comes next. When he is, he'll take that step. For now, he is not.When you say , what do you mean, exactly?T...

Vadderung grinned. I’ve never heard it phrased quite like that, but it’s accurate enough. In any event, overcoming that inertia requires tremendous energy, will, and a measure of simple luck. If one w...

We just have to have faith. The good Lord wouldn’t give us more than we could bear.

We wizards are terrific at brooding.

We're always disappointed when we find out someone 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 down.

We've both got into the blue beetle. He got into the red door, I got into the white one.

Well. You've got me cornered, don't you? I'm at your mercy. Her lips quirked. She took a drag of her cigarette. And I like a man who just won't stop.

We’re a civilized society, are we not? Esterbrook blinked. Since when, miss? We’re a democracy.

We’re stunning—and we need to be, if we’re to make a good impression and accomplish our goals. It’s vain, it’s stupid, and it’s shallow, but that makes it no less true.

What can I say? I put the 'ick' in 'magic'.

What do you do to make up for failing everyone in your life? How do you make it right? How do you apologize for hideous things you never intended to happen?

What goes around comes around. And sometimes you get what’s coming around. He paused for a moment, frowning faintly, pursing his lips. And sometimes you are what’s coming around. You see what I mean?

What is teaching but the art of planting and nurturing power? Lea replied. Mortals prattle on about lonely impulses of delight and the gift of knowledge, and think that teaching is a trade like metals...