“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
“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
“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
“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
“Beside me, Molly rolled her shoulders in a few jerky motions and pushed at her hair in fitful little gestures. She tugged… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“I wish I worried about my uncle's opinions, and had problems to work out with my mom. Hell, I'd settle for knowing… — 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
Nobody can be bad at everything. There’s no such thing as a perfect screwup. — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
All right, you primitive screwheads. Listen up. I'm Harry Dresden. I'm the new Winter Knight. — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
Honey, I liked the Harry Potter movies, too, but that doesn’t mean I ran out and got a Dark Mark tattooed onto… — 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
Most of the bad guys in the real world don't know that they are bad guys. You don't get a flashing warning… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
See? This is why I'm not religious. I couldn't possibly keep my mouth shut long enough to get along with everyone else. — 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
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 leaned my head back on the couch and closed my eyes. "I'm not sure what to do next. How are you… — 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
“I'm trying to be diplomatic. The wisdom of my ass is well-known. If I didn't lip off to them, after shooting my… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“Murphy,” I hissed. “Are you absolutely sure about this hair? That it belongs to Kravos?” If it didn’t, the doll wouldn’t do… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
Evil isn’t the real threat to the world. Stupid is just as destructive as Evil, maybe more so, and it’s a hell… — 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
I don't want to live in a world where the strong rule and the weak cower. I'd rather make a place where… — 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
“But… all I said was that I was scared." After what you got to experience? That's smart, kid," I said. "I'm scared,… — 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
“All right, you primitive screwheads. Listen up. I'm Harry Dresden. I'm the new Winter Knight. I'm instituting a rule: When you're within… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“No,” she said. “You are not Patrick Swayze. I am not Demi Moore.” She touched a switch on the little box and… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
There’s nothing that makes you more insane than family. Or more happy. Or more exasperated. Or more . . . secure. — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
