Jim Butcher Quotes

Thank God for imminent doomsday.

It's all right to be afraid. You just don't let it stop you from doing your job.

The human mind is not a terribly logical or consistent place.

Harry," Bob drawled, his eye lights flickering smugly, "what you know about women, I could juggle.

Gruff,” I said, “I find myself largely clueless about why mortal women do what they do. It will take a wiser man than me to understand what’s in a fae woman’s mind.

My friend is going to save a little girl from monsters. I am going with him. That's what friends do.

Discussing a problem with yourself is almost never a good way to secure a divergent viewpoint.

Harry Dresden. Saving the world, one act of random destruction at a time.

Yeah, they look great, but that isn't a fantasy come true, Harry. That's a wood chipper in Playboy bunny clothing.

Love is another kind of power, which shouldn't surprise you. Magic comes from emotions, among other things.

Some things just aren't meant to go together. Things like oil and water. Orange juice and toothpaste.

Ack!" I said. Fearless master of the witty dialogue, that's me.

Doroga thumped a finger against his skull. Head got nothing to do with the heart. Your heart wants what it wants. Head got to learn that it can only kill the heart or else get out of the way

I like to stay cozy with my paranoia, not pass her around to my friends and family.

I would hit you on the head with a rock and drag you away from this. But it would only shatter the rock.

You're such a cynic," Molly said. "I think cynics are playful and cute.

You need a prostate to understand,” I said.

If I need you I'll give you a signal.' What signal?" I'll imitate the scream of a terrified little girl

He gave me a severe look over his spectacles and said, as if he thought the words were deadly venom and might kill me, "You are an untidy person.

Worry is fear in disguise. And fear will eat you from the inside out if you let it.

Knowledge is your weapon...Kill them with it.

We have now left Reason and Sanity Junction. Next stop, Looneyville.

Death is only frightening from the near side.

I had a vague memory of being that ridiculous at one time. Let he who hath never worn parachute pants cast the first stone.

Man. Being mostly dead is hard on a guy.

Knowledge is the ultimate weapon. It always has been.

Do you have a little white dress? I've had this deep-seated nurse fantasy about you, Murphy.

Time after time, history demonstrates that when people don't want to believe something, they have enormous skills of ignoring it altogether.

Smiling always seems to annoy people more than actually insulting them. Or maybe I just have an annoying smile.

Ease off the martyr throttle.

Thomas has the kind of whiter-than-white boyish grin that makes women's panties spontaneously evaporate.

Sometimes it isn't easy to be sane, smart, and responsible. Sometimes it sucks. Sucks wang. Camel wang. But that doesn't turn wrong into right or stupid into smart.

There should be a rule against your own inner monologue throwing around that much sarcasm.

Keep it up, wise guy. I'm always going to be taller than you once you're lying unconscious on the ground.

Sometimes I hate having a conscience, and a stupidly thorough sense of honor.

Even a broken clock gets it right occasionally.

Polka will never die.

It's not my fault all women like motorcycles, Murph. They're basically huge vibrators. With wheels.

Pansy," Murphy sneered. Thomas leered at her. "You make my stamen tingle when you talk like that, Sergeant.

As a whole, people suck. But a person can be extraordinary

My faith protects me. My Kevlar helps.

He had hard, steady eyes, and all the comforting, reassuring charm of a dental drill. - Harry Dresden describing Morgan

Molly, you are a good person. Don't let anyone take that away from you. Not even yourself.

I believe that there's a cloud for every silver lining,' I said.

There is, I think, humor here which does not translate well from English into sanity.

Tavi grinned. "Are you with me?" "The plan is insane," Ehren said. "YOU are insane." He looked around the inside of the tent. "I'll need some pants.

Alone. It's one of those small words that means entirely too much. Like fear. Or trust.

There is no spoon. I am completely spoonless over here.

You can't plan for everything or you never get started in the first place.

I don't have a muse. I have a mortgage.