I was doing the new Summer Lady a favor, running down a…

You are a drug dealer. To tiny faeries. Shame." Sanya to Dresden

— Jim Butcher

I still can't believe," Michael said, sotto voce, "that you came to the Vampires' Masquerade Ball dressed as a vampire.

— Jim Butcher

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

— Jim Butcher

Screw up my life?" He stared at me for a second and then said, deadpan, "I'm a five-foot-three, thirty-seven-year-old, single, Jewish medical examiner who…

— Jim Butcher

There is a primal reassurance in being touched, in knowing that someone else, someone close to you, wants to be touching you. There is…

— Jim Butcher

Anyway, my office is small - one room, but on the corner, with a couple of windows. The sign on the door reads, simply,…

— Jim Butcher

Life would be unbearably dull if we had answers to all our questions.

— Jim Butcher

Where instinct fails, intellect must venture.

— Jim Butcher

Growing up is all about getting hurt. And then getting over it. You hurt. You recover. You move on. Odds are pretty good you're…

— Jim Butcher

I choose my battles, Dresden. Not you." She looked up at me calmly. "Let me put this in terms that will get through your…

— Jim Butcher

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

— Jim Butcher

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

— Jim Butcher

Pain does two things: It teaches you, tells you that you're alive. Then it passes away and leaves you changed. It leaves you wiser,…

— Jim Butcher

Something like this will test you like nothing else," Mac said. "You're going to find out who you are, Harry. You're going to find…

— Jim Butcher

Laughter is good for you. Nine out of ten stand-up comedians recommend laughter in the face of intense stupidity.

— Jim Butcher