--- title: "23 Mean Quotes By Jim Butcher" description: "23 Mean quotes by Jim Butcher. Plus more from Jim Butcher and more Mean sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/975/jim-butcher-151_demon_paranoid-probably-but-just-because-you-r_3029876.png" --- > [Paranoid? Probably. But just because you're paranoid doesn't mean there isn't an invisible demon about to eat your face.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/paranoid-probably-but-just-because-you-re-paranoid-doesn-t-mean-there/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/975/jim-butcher-151_demon_paranoid-probably-but-just-because-you-r_3029876.png) > [No rest for the wicked, Bob, and that means that we can't slack off either, or they'll outwork us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/no-rest-for-the-wicked-bob-and-that-means-that-we-can-t-slack-off/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2f/jim-butcher-151_bob_no-rest-for-the-wicked-bob-and-that-mean_2020020.png) > [Honey, I liked the Harry Potter movies, too, but that doesn’t mean I ran out and got a Dark Mark tattooed onto…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/honey-i-liked-the-harry-potter-movies-too-but-that-doesn-t-mean-i-ran/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c4/jim-butcher-151_dark_honey-i-liked-the-harry-potter-movies-to_3181207.png) > [Alone. It's one of those small words that means entirely too much. Like fear. Or trust.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/alone-it-s-one-of-those-small-words-that-means-entirely-too-much-like/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae4/jim-butcher-151_fear_alone-it-s-one-of-those-small-words-that_2912682.png) > [Just because you start out as one thing, it doesn't mean you can't grow into something else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/just-because-you-start-out-as-one-thing-it-doesn-t-mean-you-can-t/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f4/jim-butcher-151_grow_just-because-you-start-out-as-one-thing_2147422.png) > [Fading light means more than just the end of another day. Night is when terrible things emerge from their sleep and seek…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/fading-light-means-more-than-just-the-end-of-another-day-night-is/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc5/jim-butcher-151_another-day_fading-light-means-more-than-just-the-en_456435.png) > [There's always, always a choice. My options might really, truly suck, but that doesn't mean there isn't a choice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/there-s-always-always-a-choice-my-options-might-really-truly-suck-but/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8b/jim-butcher-151_choice_there-s-always-always-a-choice-my-option_538399.png) > [I had to smile at the man. I mean, you have to smile at idiots and children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/i-had-to-smile-at-the-man-i-mean-you-have-to-smile-at-idiots-and/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/229/jim-butcher-151_children_i-had-to-smile-at-the-man-i-mean-you-hav_1886429.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) > [There are some people who will never understand what loyalty means. They could tell you what it was, of course, but they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/there-are-some-people-who-will-never-understand-what-loyalty-means/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/984/jim-butcher-151_imagine_there-are-some-people-who-will-never-und_1981970.png) > [It bothered me that he was right. Without Sir Stuart's intervention, I'd have been dead again already. That's right--you heard me: dead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/it-bothered-me-that-he-was-right-without-sir-stuart-s-intervention-i/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05f/jim-butcher-151_bothered_it-bothered-me-that-he-was-right-without_973538.png) > [Everyone stopped to blink at that for a second. I mean, come on. Impaled by a guided frozen turkey missile. Even by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/everyone-stopped-to-blink-at-that-for-a-second-i-mean-come-on-impaled/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e12/jim-butcher-151_anvils_everyone-stopped-to-blink-at-that-for-a_2740189.png) > [ ...the Stone Table \[was\] a place that served as the OK Corral for the Faerie Courts when they decided to engage in… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/the-stone-table-was-a-place-that-served-as-the-ok-corral-for-the/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/779/jim-butcher-151_court_the-stone-table-was-a-place-that-served_1697922.png) > [There are bad things in the world. There's no getting away from that. But that doesn't mean nothing can be done about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/there-are-bad-things-in-the-world-there-s-no-getting-away-from-that/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b8/jim-butcher-151_abandon_there-are-bad-things-in-the-world-there_122181.png) > [I mean, we're all going to die. We know that on an intellectual level. We figure it out when we're still fairly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/i-mean-we-re-all-going-to-die-we-know-that-on-an-intellectual-level/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e14/jim-butcher-151_convince_i-mean-we-re-all-going-to-die-we-know-th_381852.jpg) > [I am blind and limited. I would be a fool think myself wise. And so, not knowing what the universe means, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/i-am-blind-and-limited-i-would-be-a-fool-think-myself-wise-and-so-not/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98c/jim-butcher-151_being-responsible_i-am-blind-and-limited-i-would-be-a-fool_812202.png) > [Karrin smiled faintly and shook her head. "He always said you knew ghosts. You're sure it was really him?" Mort eyed her.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/karrin-smiled-faintly-and-shook-her-head-he-always-said-you-knew/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c9/jim-butcher-151_body_karrin-smiled-faintly-and-shook-her-head_2938523.png) > [Life is full of toil, sacrifice, and pain, and from the time we stop growing, we know that we've begun dying. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/life-is-full-of-toil-sacrifice-and-pain-and-from-the-time-we-stop/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/499/jim-butcher-151_age_life-is-full-of-toil-sacrifice-and-pain_2478830.jpg) > [I always considered myself a loner. I mean, not like a poor-me, Byron-esque, I-should-have-brought-a-swimming-buddy loner. I mean the sort of person who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/i-always-considered-myself-a-loner-i-mean-not-like-a-poor-me-byron/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65c/jim-butcher-151_book_i-always-considered-myself-a-loner-i-mea_1660696.png) > [Souls, I said. I mean, you always wonder if they're real. Even if you believe in them, you still have to wonder:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/souls-i-said-i-mean-you-always-wonder-if-they-re-real-even-if-you/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/463/jim-butcher-151_believe_souls-i-said-i-mean-you-always-wonder-if_365904.jpg) > [Honest. It's almost always best to go with honest. It means you never have to worry about getting your story straight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/honest-it-s-almost-always-best-to-go-with-honest-it-means-you-never/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9f/jim-butcher-151_honest_honest-it-s-almost-always-best-to-go-wit_798803.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/son-everyone-dies-alone-that-s-what-it-is-it-s-a-door-it-s-one-person/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fc/jim-butcher-151_believe_son-everyone-dies-alone-that-s-what-it-i_1757611.png) > [Thwart," I said. "To prevent someone from accomplishing something by means of visiting gratuitous violence upon his smarmy person." "I'm pretty sure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/thwart-i-said-to-prevent-someone-from-accomplishing-something-by/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed8/jim-butcher-151_accomplishing-someth_thwart-i-said-to-prevent-someone-from-ac_1459244.png) ## Other authors on Mean ## 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/mean/jim-butcher/#itemlist", "name": "23 Mean Quotes By Jim Butcher", "numberOfItems": 23, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Paranoid? Probably. 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