Kids. You gotta love them. I adore children. A little salt, a squeeze of lemon--perfect. — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
When a young writer comes up to me with an ambitious idea for a 20-book series, I usually tell him to maybe… — Jim Butcher Ambitious 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 Catholic Copy Share Image
As far as the Council is concerned, the U.S. Wardens are a bunch of mushrooms." "Eh?" "Kept in the dark and fed… — Jim Butcher Bullshit Copy Share Image
“Murphy appeared again as soon as I hung up the phone. ‘Tell me you didn’t just make a date, Dresden.’ ‘You’re just… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
Children are a precious gift, but they belong to no one but themselves. They are only lent us a little while. — Jim Butcher Child Copy Share Image
“If you weren't getting pretty close to crazy right now, would you be talking to yourself right now?” — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“He did run some, but I stopped him, my lord. Like, just now. In front of you. Right over there.” — Jim Butcher Lord 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 Fantasy Copy Share Image
Maybe,” he said in a slow, rural drawl, “you could explain to me why I found you in the middle of an… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“Michael titled his head. “But . . . Uriel, if I were to misuse it . . .” “I would Fall,” Uriel said quietly. I choked on the… — Jim Butcher Archangel Copy Share Image
“My double snorted. “That’s good. That really is, the banter thing. I can’t do the banter very well. Maybe that’s why you’re… — Jim Butcher Banter Copy Share Image
I've been a young man. Boobs are near the center of the universe, until you turn twenty-five or so. Which is also… — Jim Butcher Boobs Copy Share Image
“That isn’t going to happen,” he told her. “It’s going to be all right” “Fool,” Kitai scoffed gently. “You do not know… — Jim Butcher Important things Copy Share Image
“Entirely confidential, check,” Bob said. “And it would take a lot more than one night working with you to build up enough… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
I'd been in hairier situations than this one. Actually, it's sort of depressing, thinking how many times I'd been in them. But… — Jim Butcher Depressing Copy Share Image
“This is what is going to happen, Aleran. You will no longer lie with me. You will treat me in exactly the… — Jim Butcher Life Copy Share Image
“Cerberus,” I said promptly. “But everyone knows that.” “Do you know what it means?” I opened my mouth and closed it again.… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“There are thousands of names for them, in every culture—mana, psychic energy, totem, juju, chi, bioethereal power, the Force, the soul. It’s… — Jim Butcher Mother earth Copy Share Image
The fire of my tribulations had not simply been pain to be endured. It had been an agent of transformation. After all… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“It is the only way," Vadderung said. "If anyone managed to set free the things in the Well..." "Seems like it would… — Jim Butcher Dresden files 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
“It took several minutes, and when Butters woke up, Andi and Marci, both naked, both rather pleasant that way, were giving him… — Jim Butcher Dresden files Copy Share Image
“There was a small stone in her palm, a deep blue opal. I leaned a little closer, eyeing it. It was set… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“You're with me today. I need someone to watch my back. Maybe to help me eat a hot dog later.” — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“She gave me a hard look. "No one likes a wiseass, Harry." "Are you kidding? As long as the wiseass is talking… — Jim Butcher Humor Copy Share Image
Nobody can be bad at everything. There’s no such thing as a perfect screwup. — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
Laughter, like love, has power to survive the worst things life has to offer. And to do it with style. — Jim Butcher Comedy Copy Share Image
I will make Maggie safe. If the world burns because of that then so be it. Me and the kid will roast… — Jim Butcher Kids Copy Share Image
“I would have to call a cab. It wasn't the most heroic way to ride to the rescue, but walkers can't be… — Jim Butcher Heroic Copy Share Image
Yeah, but I forgot to take my George Orwell-shaped multivitamins along with my breakfast bowl of Big Brother Os this morning. — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
There are things you can't walk away from. Not if you want to live with yourself afterward. — 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 Dark Copy Share Image
We all must die. There is no better way to do so than in the pursuit of something you love. — Jim Butcher Better way Copy Share Image
Worry is fear in disguise. And fear will eat you from the inside out if you let it. — Jim Butcher Anxiety Copy Share Image
“I'd hate to find out that the universe really wasn't conspiring against me. It would jerk the rug out from under my… — Jim Butcher Persecution Copy Share Image
I brought the Beetle to life with a roar. Well. Not really a roar. A Volkswagen Bug doesn't roar. But it sort… — Jim Butcher Beetle Copy Share Image
“And then I heard the most beautiful sound of my life. Somewhere nearby, a cat let out an angry, hissing scream.” — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
It's all right to be afraid. You just don't let it stop you from doing your job. — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
I would hit you on the head with a rock and drag you away from this. But it would only shatter the… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image