“It came charging toward me, several hundred pounds of angry-looking monster, and I did the only thing any reasonable wizard could have… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
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I'd made the vampire cry. Great. I felt like a real superhero. Harry Dresden, breaker of monsters' hearts. — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“Hush, Harry. Or you'll go to the special hell." I blinked at that, confused. I'm not supposed to be the guy who… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
Growing up is all about getting hurt. And then getting over it. You hurt. You recover. You move on. Odds are pretty… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
So. You get handed a holy sword by an archangel, told to go fight the forces of evil, and you somehow remain… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“I’d gone with my usual option. I was running through long tunnels filled with demons and monsters and nightmares, because it was… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“Epic sex?" I sputtered. "By what standards, precisely, is sex judged to be epic?" "And tons and tons of mortal simps like… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
... They paid some madman who thought he was a decorator a lot of money to make the place look hip and… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
Son. Everyone dies alone. That's what it is. It's a door. It's one person wide. When you go through it, you do… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“I’d had a key to the marina’s locks at one time, but I’d lost track of it when I got shot, drowned,… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
Something like this will test you like nothing else," Mac said. "You're going to find out who you are, Harry. You're going… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
Paranoia is a survival trait when you run in my circles. It gives you something to do in your spare time, coming… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“My name is Harry Dresden," I said. Fitz stumbled. "Holy shit," he said. "Like... that Harry Dresden? The professional wizard?" "The one… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“Technically,' I said, "I'm not breaking any of the Laws of Magic. I'm not robbing you of your will, so I'm clear… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
Anyway, my office is small - one room, but on the corner, with a couple of windows. The sign on the door… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“It’s boring.” “Oh,” I said. I rubbed at my jaw. “You think I should have gone four-color?” Bob stared at me for… — 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
“Shame, child, is for those who fail to live up to the ideal of what they believe they should be." She waved… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“Sure, we'd faced some things as children that a lot of kids don't. Sure, Justin had qualified for his Junior de Sade… — 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
“And it's deadly to us. We can inspire lust, but it's just a shadow. An illusion. Love is a dangerous force." He… — 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
Pain does two things: It teaches you, tells you that you're alive. Then it passes away and leaves you changed. It leaves… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
You need to know where to go,' Sanya said. 'Yes,' 'And you are going to consult four large pizzas for guidance.' 'Yes,'… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“There are people who love you, Faith. Or who one day will. Even if you can't see them beside you, right here,… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
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… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“Gandalf never had this kind of problem. He had exactly this problem, actually, standing in front of the hidden Dwarf door to… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“Karrin." She looked up at me. She looked very young somehow. "Remember what I said yesterday," I said. "You're hurt. But you'll… — 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
“He fell into step beside me and we both got into the Blue Beetle — he got in the red door. I got in… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image