--- title: "23 Kind Quotes By Jim Butcher" description: "23 Kind quotes by Jim Butcher. Plus more from Jim Butcher and more Kind sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a8/jim-butcher-151_character_he-wasn-t-evil-as-much-as-magnificently_3017215.png" --- > [He wasn't evil as much as magnificently innocent of any kind of morality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/he-wasn-t-evil-as-much-as-magnificently-innocent-of-any-kind-of/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a8/jim-butcher-151_character_he-wasn-t-evil-as-much-as-magnificently_3017215.png) > [“Gandalf never had this kind of problem.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/gandalf-never-had-this-kind-of-problem/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f87/jim-butcher-151_hobbit_gandalf-never-had-this-kind-of-problem-2_2258838.png) > [I mean it," I said. "You're in danger." "Relax, Harry. I'm not letting anyone lick me, and I'm not looking anyone in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/i-mean-it-i-said-you-re-in-danger-relax-harry-i-m-not-letting-anyone/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16b/jim-butcher-151_danger_i-mean-it-i-said-you-re-in-danger-relax_1741787.png) > [Love is another kind of power, which shouldn't surprise you. Magic comes from emotions, among other things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/love-is-another-kind-of-power-which-shouldn-t-surprise-you-magic-2/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d99/jim-butcher-151_emotion_love-is-another-kind-of-power-which-shou_1742083.png) > [Thomas has the kind of whiter-than-white boyish grin that makes women's panties spontaneously evaporate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/thomas-has-the-kind-of-whiter-than-white-boyish-grin-that-makes-women/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb2/jim-butcher-151_boyish_thomas-has-the-kind-of-whiter-than-white_786467.png) > [Oh, I forgot to mention it: My brother is the kind of man whom women stalk. In cooperative packs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/oh-i-forgot-to-mention-it-my-brother-is-the-kind-of-man-whom-women/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a4/jim-butcher-151_brother_oh-i-forgot-to-mention-it-my-brother-is_1428897.png) > [Molly was committing dinner by that time, aided and abetted by Sanya, who seemed to take some kind of grim Russian delight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/molly-was-committing-dinner-by-that-time-aided-and-abetted-by-sanya/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/131/jim-butcher-151_delight_molly-was-committing-dinner-by-that-time_3124946.png) > [My hair had grown out long and shaggy—not in that sexy-young-rock-star kind of way but in that time-to-take-Rover-to-the-groomer kind of way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/my-hair-had-grown-out-long-and-shaggy-not-in-that-sexy-young-rock/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a97/jim-butcher-151_hair_my-hair-had-grown-out-long-and-shaggy-no_2571154.png) > [Chocolate fends off all kinds of nasty stuff. And if you get hungry while warding off evil, you have a snack. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/chocolate-fends-off-all-kinds-of-nasty-stuff-and-if-you-get-hungry/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f36/jim-butcher-151_all-kinds_chocolate-fends-off-all-kinds-of-nasty-s_1955035.png) > [Murphy had found a spot on the street, which made me wonder if she didn't have some kind of magical talent after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/murphy-had-found-a-spot-on-the-street-which-made-me-wonder-if-she/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/274/jim-butcher-151_apartment_murphy-had-found-a-spot-on-the-street-wh_954150.png) > [Love is patient. Love is kind. Love always forgives, trusts, supports, and endures. Love never fails. When every star in the heavens…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/love-is-patient-love-is-kind-love-always-forgives-trusts-supports-and/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf6/jim-butcher-151_and-love_love-is-patient-love-is-kind-love-always_2606202.png) > [ “\[Mouse is\] with us. The dog is a handicap-assist animal." The kid lifted his eyebrows. "My mouth is partially paralyzed," I said.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/mouse-is-with-us-the-dog-is-a-handicap-assist-animal-the-kid-lifted/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/602/jim-butcher-151_animal_mouse-is-with-us-the-dog-is-a-handicap-a_986973.png) > [Murphy watched me thoughtfully for several empty seconds. Then she said, very gently, "You're a good man, Harry." I swallowed and bowed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/murphy-watched-me-thoughtfully-for-several-empty-seconds-then-she/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/289/jim-butcher-151_crazy_murphy-watched-me-thoughtfully-for-sever_1701518.png) > [A bunch of people are gonna be mad at me, I’ve got some kind of medical issue that’s going to kill me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/a-bunch-of-people-are-gonna-be-mad-at-me-i-ve-got-some-kind-of/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fba/jim-butcher-151_bunch_a-bunch-of-people-are-gonna-be-mad-at-me_2052256.png) > [When I finally got tired of arguing with her and decided to write a novel as if I was some kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/when-i-finally-got-tired-of-arguing-with-her-and-decided-to-write-a/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93e/jim-butcher-151_arguing_when-i-finally-got-tired-of-arguing-with_1205058.png) > [It was one of those moments that would have had dramatic music if my life were a movie, but instead I got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/it-was-one-of-those-moments-that-would-have-had-dramatic-music-if-my/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/932/jim-butcher-151_ambient_it-was-one-of-those-moments-that-would-h_1908930.png) > [Magic is a kind of energy. It is given shape by human thoughts and emotions, by imagination. Thoughts define that shape—and words…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/magic-is-a-kind-of-energy-it-is-given-shape-by-human-thoughts-and/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc5/jim-butcher-151_emotion_magic-is-a-kind-of-energy-it-is-given-sh_1992908.jpg) > [Science, the largest religion of the twentieth century, had become tarnished by images of exploding space shuttles, crack babies, and a generation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/science-the-largest-religion-of-the-twentieth-century-had-become-2/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a95/jim-butcher-151_arcane_science-the-largest-religion-of-the-twen_2209775.jpg) > [I lunged, low and quick, and drove about a foot of cold steel into his danglies. Hey, I don't care what kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/i-lunged-low-and-quick-and-drove-about-a-foot-of-cold-steel-into-his/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bc/jim-butcher-151_action_i-lunged-low-and-quick-and-drove-about-a_352828.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) > [A pair of dolphins swept by us in the water, flicking their heads out to get a look at us as they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/a-pair-of-dolphins-swept-by-us-in-the-water-flicking-their-heads-out/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/875/jim-butcher-151_attractive_a-pair-of-dolphins-swept-by-us-in-the-wa_940204.jpg) > [Jump into an open grave? What kind of idiot are you?" Butters replied. "I might as well put on a red shirt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/jump-into-an-open-grave-what-kind-of-idiot-are-you-butters-replied-i/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4d/jim-butcher-151_asking_jump-into-an-open-grave-what-kind-of-idi_528403.png) > [Love is another kind of power, which shouldn't surprise you. Magic comes from emotions, among other things. And when two people are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/love-is-another-kind-of-power-which-shouldn-t-surprise-you-magic/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c88/jim-butcher-151_emotion_love-is-another-kind-of-power-which-shou_692294.png) ## Other authors on Kind ## 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/kind/jim-butcher/#itemlist", "name": "23 Kind Quotes By Jim Butcher", "numberOfItems": 23, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "He wasn't evil as much as magnificently innocent of any kind of morality.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jim Butcher" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/he-wasn-t-evil-as-much-as-magnificently-innocent-of-any-kind-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a8/jim-butcher-151_character_he-wasn-t-evil-as-much-as-magnificently_3017215.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a8/jim-butcher-151_character_he-wasn-t-evil-as-much-as-magnificently_3017215.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a8/jim-butcher-151_character_he-wasn-t-evil-as-much-as-magnificently_3017215.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“He wasn't evil as much as magnificently innocent of any kind of morality.” — Jim Butcher", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Gandalf never had this kind of problem.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jim Butcher" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/gandalf-never-had-this-kind-of-problem/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f87/jim-butcher-151_hobbit_gandalf-never-had-this-kind-of-problem-2_2258838.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f87/jim-butcher-151_hobbit_gandalf-never-had-this-kind-of-problem-2_2258838.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f87/jim-butcher-151_hobbit_gandalf-never-had-this-kind-of-problem-2_2258838.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Gandalf never had this kind of problem.” — Jim Butcher", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I mean it,\" I said. \"You're in danger.\" \"Relax, Harry. 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