--- title: "9 Asked Quotes By Jim Butcher" description: "9 Asked quotes by Jim Butcher. Plus more from Jim Butcher and more Asked sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/446/jim-butcher-151_asked_which-man-fitz-i-asked-quietly-774437_774437.png" --- > [“Which man, Fitz?" I asked quietly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/which-man-fitz-i-asked-quietly/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/446/jim-butcher-151_asked_which-man-fitz-i-asked-quietly-774437_774437.png) > [“How long do I have to take care of it?” I asked. “SOON.” “Soon? How soon is soon? What do you mean,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/how-long-do-i-have-to-take-care-of-it-i-asked-soon-soon-how-soon-is/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/916/jim-butcher-151_asked_how-long-do-i-have-to-take-care-of-it-i_2618406.png) > [“Come on," I said to Karrin. "Head for the other boat." "Should we?" she asked. "That Erlking guy seems a little..do-it-yourselfy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/come-on-i-said-to-karrin-head-for-the-other-boat-should-we-she-asked/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ae/jim-butcher-151_asked_come-on-i-said-to-karrin-head-for-the-ot_3017905.png) > [“After a few minutes, Molly came partway up the short ladder to the bridge and stopped. "Do I need to ask permission…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/after-a-few-minutes-molly-came-partway-up-the-short-ladder-to-the/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9e/jim-butcher-151_asked_after-a-few-minutes-molly-came-partway-u_169455.jpg) > [Karrin, eh?" Thomas asked. I nodded. "She's real serious about order. A man dying, she can understand. A man coming back. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/karrin-eh-thomas-asked-i-nodded-she-s-real-serious-about-order-a-man/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/659/jim-butcher-151_asked_karrin-eh-thomas-asked-i-nodded-she-s-re_752679.jpg) > [“Harry?" Bob asked. "Are your feet wet? And can you see the pyramids?" I blinked. "What?" "Earth to Dresden," Bob said. "You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/harry-bob-asked-are-your-feet-wet-and-can-you-see-the-pyramids-i/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/181/jim-butcher-151_asked_harry-bob-asked-are-your-feet-wet-and-ca_733793.jpg) > [Star Trek?” I asked her. “Really?” “What?” she demanded, bending unnaturally black eyebrows together. “There are two kinds of people in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/star-trek-i-asked-her-really-what-she-demanded-bending-unnaturally/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92e/jim-butcher-151_asked_star-trek-i-asked-her-really-what-she-de_477875.png) > [ “How busy are you today?" "Oh," he \[Thomas\] mused. "I don't know. I mean, I've got to get a new shirt now."… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/how-busy-are-you-today-oh-he-thomas-mused-i-don-t-know-i-mean-i-ve/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/501/jim-butcher-151_asked_how-busy-are-you-today-oh-he-thomas-muse_1394322.jpg) > [“You about done?” I asked him. “I need the table.” “What is it with you people?” Butters groused. “For God’s sake, these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/you-about-done-i-asked-him-i-need-the-table-what-is-it-with-you/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abe/jim-butcher-151_asked_you-about-done-i-asked-him-i-need-the-ta_2161913.png) ## Other authors on Asked ## More by Jim Butcher > [“I stared at MacFinn for a long moment. I believed that he was telling me the truth. That he didn’t have much control, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/i-stared-at-macfinn-for-a-long-moment-i-believed-that-he-was-telling/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) > [“So you really could die. Your godmother is right, you know. You are mad as a hatter. Nutty as a fruitcake.” “Crazy like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/so-you-really-could-die-your-godmother-is-right-you-know-you-are-mad/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) > [“I knew I didn't have much of a chance of getting away from that swarm of fae piranha, but it was an infinitely larger…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/i-knew-i-didn-t-have-much-of-a-chance-of-getting-away-from-that-swarm/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) > [“I told you," Molly said, never looking toward me. "It's in the past. Leave it there." "You listening to my head, kiddo?" Her mouth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/i-told-you-molly-said-never-looking-toward-me-it-s-in-the-past-leave/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) > [Punctuality is for people with nothing better to do](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/punctuality-is-for-people-with-nothing-better-to-do/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) > [“Look,” I said. “Me and the island are . . . kind of partners.” “Oh, right,” Thomas said. He looked at Karrin and said, “Harry’s a geosexual.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/look-i-said-me-and-the-island-are-kind-of-partners-oh-right-thomas/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) > [“I swear , this stupid town. Why does every hideous supernatural thing that happens happen here ? I'm gone for a few months and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/i-swear-this-stupid-town-why-does-every-hideous-supernatural-thing/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) > [Well. We’ll just have to hope that this wasn’t a loup-garou, I guess.” “If it was a louper, you’d know,” Bob said wisely. “In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/well-we-ll-just-have-to-hope-that-this-wasn-t-a-loup-garou-i-guess-if/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) > [“I'm going to use them to track him down and thwart him." "Thwart?" Sarissa asked. "Thwart." I said. "To prevent someone from accomplishing something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/i-m-going-to-use-them-to-track-him-down-and-thwart-him-thwart-sarissa/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) > [“But you can't go around changing your definition of right and wrong (or smart and stupid) just because doing the wrong thing happens to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/but-you-can-t-go-around-changing-your-definition-of-right-and-wrong/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) > [“Not everyone can be equally right, Harry.” “But believe you me, everyone can be equally wrong,” I said.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/not-everyone-can-be-equally-right-harry-but-believe-you-me-everyone/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) > [You are a drug dealer. To tiny faeries. Shame." Sanya to Dresden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/you-are-a-drug-dealer-to-tiny-faeries-shame-sanya-to-dresden/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) > [“He fell into step beside me and we both got into the Blue Beetle — he got in the red door. I got in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/he-fell-into-step-beside-me-and-we-both-got-into-the-blue-beetle-he/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/something-like-this-will-test-you-like-nothing-else-mac-said-you-re/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) > [“Mort looked at the cat and sighed. “Oh, sure. Professional ectomancer with a national reputation as a medium tells you what’s going on, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/mort-looked-at-the-cat-and-sighed-oh-sure-professional-ectomancer/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asked/jim-butcher/#itemlist", "name": "9 Asked Quotes By Jim Butcher", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Which man, Fitz?\" I asked quietly.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jim Butcher" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/which-man-fitz-i-asked-quietly/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/446/jim-butcher-151_asked_which-man-fitz-i-asked-quietly-774437_774437.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/446/jim-butcher-151_asked_which-man-fitz-i-asked-quietly-774437_774437.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/446/jim-butcher-151_asked_which-man-fitz-i-asked-quietly-774437_774437.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Which man, Fitz?\" I asked quietly.” — Jim Butcher", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“How long do I have to take care of it?” I asked. “SOON.” “Soon? 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I mean, I've got to get a new shirt now.\" \"After that,\" I asked, \"would you like to help me save the city? If you don't already have plans.\" He snorted. \"You mean, would I like to follow you around, wondering what the hell is going on because you won't tell me everything, then get in a fight with something that is going to leave me in intensive care?\" \"Uh-huh,\" I said, nodding, \"pretty much.\" \"Yeah,\" he said. \"Okay.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jim Butcher" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/how-busy-are-you-today-oh-he-thomas-mused-i-don-t-know-i-mean-i-ve/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/501/jim-butcher-151_asked_how-busy-are-you-today-oh-he-thomas-muse_1394322.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/501/jim-butcher-151_asked_how-busy-are-you-today-oh-he-thomas-muse_1394322.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/501/jim-butcher-151_asked_how-busy-are-you-today-oh-he-thomas-muse_1394322.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“How busy are you today?\" \"Oh,\" he [Thomas] mused. \"I don't know. 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