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title: "33 Way Quotes By Jim Butcher"
description: "33 Way quotes by Jim Butcher. Plus more from Jim Butcher and more Way sayings from other authors."
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> [The only good thing about having your back to the wall is that it makes it really easy to choose which way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/the-only-good-thing-about-having-your-back-to-the-wall-is-that-it/)

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> [We all must die. There is no better way to do so than in the pursuit of something you love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/we-all-must-die-there-is-no-better-way-to-do-so-than-in-the-pursuit/)

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> [Sometimes the only way to carry a heavy burden is to share it with another](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/sometimes-the-only-way-to-carry-a-heavy-burden-is-to-share-it-with/)

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> [There is no truer gauge of a man's character than the way in which he employs his strength, his power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/there-is-no-truer-gauge-of-a-man-s-character-than-the-way-in-which-he/)

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> [But the only way never to do the wrong thing is never to do anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/but-the-only-way-never-to-do-the-wrong-thing-is-never-to-do-anything/)

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> [Discussing a problem with yourself is almost never a good way to secure a divergent viewpoint.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/discussing-a-problem-with-yourself-is-almost-never-a-good-way-to/)

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> [...you look like you fell out of a crazy tree and hit every branch on the way down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/you-look-like-you-fell-out-of-a-crazy-tree-and-hit-every-branch-on/)

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> [I’ve had a tense couple of days. And I’ve got to tell you, burning someone’s face off sounds like a great way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/i-ve-had-a-tense-couple-of-days-and-i-ve-got-to-tell-you-burning/)

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> [Doroga thumped a finger against his skull. Head got nothing to do with the heart. Your heart wants what it wants. Head…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/doroga-thumped-a-finger-against-his-skull-head-got-nothing-to-do-with/)

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> [Molly blinked, then looked at Thomas and said, "Wait a minute… We're his flunkies." "You, may be," Thomas said, sneering. "I'm his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/molly-blinked-then-looked-at-thomas-and-said-wait-a-minute-we-re-his/)

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> [We're always disappointed when we find out someone else has human limits, the same as we do. It's stupid for us to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/we-re-always-disappointed-when-we-find-out-someone-else-has-human/)

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> [For the sake of one soul. For one loved one. For one life." I called power into my blasting rod, and its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/for-the-sake-of-one-soul-for-one-loved-one-for-one-life-i-called/)

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> [But I don't understand God. I don't understand how he could see the way people treat one another, and not chalk up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/but-i-don-t-understand-god-i-don-t-understand-how-he-could-see-the/)

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> [The past was gone. Nothing could change what had already been. Looking back at it, letting its wounds fester, indulging in regret…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/the-past-was-gone-nothing-could-change-what-had-already-been-looking/)

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> [I'm pretty sure lurking in a dark alley to mug me with your apology isn't the usual way to go about saying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/i-m-pretty-sure-lurking-in-a-dark-alley-to-mug-me-with-your-apology/)

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> [It was never too late to learn something. The past is unalterable in any event. The future is the only thing we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/it-was-never-too-late-to-learn-something-the-past-is-unalterable-in/)

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> [Hello Angel,'Michael rumbled, and leaned over to give the woman a kiss on the cheek. She accepted it with all the loving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/hello-angel-michael-rumbled-and-leaned-over-to-give-the-woman-a-kiss/)

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> [Growing up is all about getting hurt. And then getting over it. You hurt. You recover. You move on. Odds are pretty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/growing-up-is-all-about-getting-hurt-and-then-getting-over-it-you/)

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> [I don't have anything against God. Far from it. But I don't understand Him. And I don't trust a lot of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/i-don-t-have-anything-against-god-far-from-it-but-i-don-t-understand/)

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> [My office is in a building in midtown Chicago. It's an older building, and not in the best of shape, especially since…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/my-office-is-in-a-building-in-midtown-chicago-it-s-an-older-building/)

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> [They say you can know a man by his enemies, Dresden." He smiled, and laughter lurked beneath his next words, never quite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/they-say-you-can-know-a-man-by-his-enemies-dresden-he-smiled-and/)

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> [Paranoia is a survival trait when you run in my circles. It gives you something to do in your spare time, coming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/paranoia-is-a-survival-trait-when-you-run-in-my-circles-it-gives-you/)

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> [He’s being held prisoner on a ceramic-lined cookie sheet in the oven,” Thomas said. “I figured he couldn’t jigger his way out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/he-s-being-held-prisoner-on-a-ceramic-lined-cookie-sheet-in-the-oven/)

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> [Bob wasn't precisely a friend to me but... I was used to him. In a way he was family, the mouthy, annoying,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/bob-wasn-t-precisely-a-friend-to-me-but-i-was-used-to-him-in-a-way-he/)

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> [Oh," the girl said, shaking her head. "Don't be so simple. People adore monsters. They fill their songs and stories with them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/oh-the-girl-said-shaking-her-head-don-t-be-so-simple-people-adore/)

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> [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/)

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> [And you've got that look on your face again." "I can't help it, "Ehren said. "You're about to walk to breakfast, arn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/and-you-ve-got-that-look-on-your-face-again-i-can-t-help-it-ehren/)

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> [Pain does two things: It teaches you, tells you that you're alive. Then it passes away and leaves you changed. It leaves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/pain-does-two-things-it-teaches-you-tells-you-that-you-re-alive-then/)

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> [but all the things Science had promised us hadn't come to pass. Disease was still a problem. Starvation was still a problem.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/but-all-the-things-science-had-promised-us-hadn-t-come-to-pass/)

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> [A man's magic demonstrates what sort of person he is, what is held most deeply inside of him. There is no truer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/a-man-s-magic-demonstrates-what-sort-of-person-he-is-what-is-held-2/)

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> [Those who deal in magic learn to see the world in a slightly differnt light than everybody else.you gain a perspective you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/those-who-deal-in-magic-learn-to-see-the-world-in-a-slightly-differnt/)

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> [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/)

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> [Karrin Murphy led the charge, and Sanya and I tried to keep up. She went through that sea of foes like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/karrin-murphy-led-the-charge-and-sanya-and-i-tried-to-keep-up-she/)

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## Other authors on Way

## 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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [Punctuality is for people with nothing better to do](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/punctuality-is-for-people-with-nothing-better-to-do/)

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> [“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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [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/)

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> [“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/)

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                        "text": "I don't have anything against God. Far from it. But I don't understand Him. And I don't trust a lot of the people that go around claiming that they're working in His best interests. Faeries and vampires and whatnot -- those I can fathom. Even demons. Sometimes, even the Fallen. I can understand why they do what they do. But I don't understand God. I don't understand how he could see the way people treat one another, and not chalk up the whole human race as a bad idea",
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                        "text": "My office is in a building in midtown Chicago. It's an older building, and not in the best of shape, especially since there was that problem with the elevator last year. I don't care what anyone says, that wasn't my fault. when a giant scorpion the size of an Irish wolfhound is tearing its way through the roof of your elevator car, you get real willing to take desperate measures.",
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                        "text": "They say you can know a man by his enemies, Dresden.\" He smiled, and laughter lurked beneath his next words, never quite surfacing. \"You defy beings that should cow you into silence. You resist forces that are inevitable for no more reason than that you believe they should be resisted. You bow your head to neither demons nor angels, and you put yourself in harm's way to defend those who cannot defend themselves.\" He nodded slowly. \"I think I like you.",
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                        "text": "Paranoia is a survival trait when you run in my circles. It gives you something to do in your spare time, coming up with solutions to ridiculous problems that aren't ever going to happen. Except when one of them does, at which point you feel way too vindicated. - Harry Dresden, Changes, Jim Butcher",
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                        "text": "Oh,\" the girl said, shaking her head. \"Don't be so simple. People adore monsters. They fill their songs and stories with them. They define themselves in relation to them. You know what a monster is, young shade? Power. Power and choice. Monsters make choices. Monsters shape the world. Monsters force us to become stronger, smarter, better. They sift the weak from the strong and provide a forge for the steeling of souls. Even as we curse monsters, we admire them. Seek to become them, in some ways.\" Her eyes became distant. \"There are far, far worse things to be than a monster.",
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                        "text": "And you've got that look on your face again.\" \"I can't help it, \"Ehren said. \"You're about to walk to breakfast, arn't you, regardless of who is in the way?\" \"Yes,\" Tavi said. Ehren sighed. \"Let's hear it.\" Tavi told him the plan. \"That's insane,\" Ehren said. \"It could work.\" \"You arn't going to have anyone come along to bail you out this time,\" Ehren pointed out. Tavi grinned. \"Are you with me?\" \"The plan is insane,\" Ehren said. \"You are insane.\" He looked around inside the tent. \"I'll need some pants.",
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                        "text": "Pain does two things: It teaches you, tells you that you're alive. Then it passes away and leaves you changed. It leaves you wiser, sometimes. Sometimes it leaves you stronger. Either way, pain leaves its mark, and everything important that will ever happen to you in life is going to involve it in one degree or another.",
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                        "text": "but all the things Science had promised us hadn't come to pass. Disease was still a problem. Starvation was still a problem. Violence and crime and war were still problems. In spite of the advance of technology, things just hadn't changed the way everyone had hoped and thought they would.",
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                        "text": "A man's magic demonstrates what sort of person he is, what is held most deeply inside of him. There is no truer gauge of a man's character than the way in which he employs his strength, his power. I was not a murderer. I was not like Victor Sells. I was Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden. I was a wizard. Wizards control their power. They don't let it control them. And wizards don't use magic to kill people. They use it to discover, to protect, to mend, to help. Not to destroy.",
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                        "text": "Those who deal in magic learn to see the world in a slightly differnt light than everybody else.you gain a perspective you had considered before. A way of thinking that would never have occurred to you with out exposure to the things a wizard sees and hears.When you look in to some ones eyes you see them in that other light and for just a second they see you in the same way.",
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                        "text": "A pair of dolphins swept by us in the water, flicking their heads out to get a look at us as they went. One of them made a chittering sound that wasn't very melodic. The other twitched its tail and splashed a little water our way, all in good fun. They weren't the attractive Flipper kind of dolphins. They were regular dolphins that aren't as pretty and don't get cast on television. Maybe they just refused to sell out and see a plastic surgeon. I held up a fist to them. Represent.",
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