“I'm not a Wiccan. I'm not big on churches of any kind, despite the fact that I've spoken, face-to-face, with an archangel… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
Right,' Thomas said. 'Where are we headed?' 'To where they treat me like royalty,' I said. 'We're going to Burger King?' I… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“Harry waxes poetic about magic. He'll go on and on about how it comes from your feelings, and how it's a deep… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“I sidestepped the vampire's rush, and drove my half of the former blasting rod down at its back, Buffy-like. Maybe it works… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
My name is Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden. Conjure by it at your own risk. I'm a wizard. I work out of an… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
So we get a plan," I said. "Any suggestions?" "Blow up the building," Kincaid said without looking up. "That works good for… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“Let's get something clear up front. I'm not Harry Dresden. Harry's a wizard. A genuine, honest-to-goodness wizard. He's Gandalf on crack and… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“Dresden’s not gone,” I said. I touched a hand lightly to my brow. “He’s here.” I touched Will’s bare chest, on the… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“She frowned at me. "You need some rest. You look like hell. And you're obviously tired enough to have gotten the giggles."… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
You're such a cynic," Molly said. "I think cynics are playful and cute. — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“For the sake of one soul. For one loved one. For one life." I called power into my blasting rod, and its… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
Laugh whenever you can. Keeps you from killing yourself when things are bad. That and vodka. — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“Tonight you will be visited by three spirits. The ghosts of indictment past, present, and future. They will teach you the true… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“I love you." Why it worked right then, why the webbing of my godmother's spell frayed as though the words had been… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“Pain isn’t a lot of fun, at least not for most folks, but it is utterly unique to life. Pain — physical,… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“Like I said, magic comes from life, and especially from emotions. They're a source of the same intangible energy that everyone can… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“The next time I opened my eyes, I was in the morgue. This, all by itself, is enough to really ruin your… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
Nobody can be bad at everything. There’s no such thing as a perfect screwup. — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“It's one of the things that makes us different than they are, Harry. The blood on their hands does not make it… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
There's power in the night. There's terror in the darkness. Despite all our accumulated history, learning, and experience, we remember. We remember… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“Anger is just anger. It isn't good. It isn't bad. It just is. What you do with it is what matters. It's… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
Time after time, history demonstrates that when people don't want to believe something, they have enormous skills of ignoring it altogether. — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
In the action business, when you don't want to say you ran like a mouse, you call it 'taking cover.' It's more… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“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… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“So you really could die. Your godmother is right, you know. You are mad as a hatter. Nutty as a fruitcake.” “Crazy like a… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“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… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“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… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“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.” — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“I swear , this stupid town. Why does every hideous supernatural thing that happens happen here ? I'm gone for a few months and… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
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… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“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… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“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… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“Not everyone can be equally right, Harry.” “But believe you me, everyone can be equally wrong,” I said.” — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image