Jim C. Hines

...bookstores, libraries... they're the closest thing I have to a church.

— Jim C. Hines

I like big books and I cannot lie. You other readers can’t deny That when a kid walks in with The Name…

— Jim C. Hines

Do you know why happily ever after is a lie?" Snow asked. "Because life is change.

— Jim C. Hines

“Freedom of speech does not protect you from the consequences of saying stupid shit. [ Blog post, March 12, 2012 ]”

— Jim C. Hines

I've found that there's a pretty wide range of silly. I don't want to do outright parody, because I like keeping my…

— Jim C. Hines

“None of us live happily forever after. But we can choose to be happy today.”

— Jim C. Hines

“A minimum of three and a half hours. Probably closer to five.” The vent’s valve mechanism was meant to be serviced from…

— Jim C. Hines

“Trust is a choice. Actually, trust is more of a desperate, hopeful guess based on limited information.”

— Jim C. Hines

“Jeff [the werewolf] cocked his head and stared at me like I had just turned into a were-rabbit. Admittedly, this was a…

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That worked great! Thank you so much. What next?" "I don't know. I didn't expect you to live through it." "Oh.

— Jim C. Hines

A zombie amusement park sounds like fun, but the health code violations alone are enough to turn your stomach.

— Jim C. Hines

Ive tried to write deep and serious. I spent years working to write a story that would make my writing group cry.

— Jim C. Hines

“Heart of Glass”

— Jim C. Hines

“My name is Isaac Vainio," I said. "You smashed my library. Prepare to die." Everything went better with Princess Bride references.”

— Jim C. Hines

“Forget about what goblins would do. Forget about what an adventurer would do. I need to figure out what Jig should do.”

— Jim C. Hines

“Pac-Man?" The beast looked up at me, oversized fangs giving it an expression that straddled the line between deadly and dopey. A…

— Jim C. Hines

“Two libriomancers had been disciplined for trying to get an early copy of the last Harry Potter book.”

— Jim C. Hines

“Prometheus had stolen fire from the gods and suffered the consequences. I had returned the gift of the gods, and the price…

— Jim C. Hines

“I was amused to note that even vampires obeyed the unwritten rules of elevator etiquette.”

— Jim C. Hines

“Kumar tossed the grate aside and shone a light down”

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“When Theolyn died, the humans had built an enormous pyre and placed his body at the center. How was [Veka] supposed to…

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“Isaac, tell your girlfriend she can't bring weapons into holy-shit-your-spider's-on-fire!”

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That is a trial I must face," Veka said. "No, that is a multiheaded snake thing, Jig snapped.

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“Plans were for adventurers. He preferred the goblin approach. Blind panic might not work all the time, but at least it saved…

— Jim C. Hines

Bullying is not okay. Period.

— Jim C. Hines