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  • No one is an unjust villain in his own mind. Even - perhaps even especially those who are the worst of us. Some of the cruelest tyrants in history were motivated by noble ideals, or made choices they would call "hard but necessary" for the good of their nation. We're all the hero of our own story.

  • My magic. That was at the heart of me. It was a manifestation of what I believed, what I lived. It came from my desire to see to it that someone stood between the darkness and the people it would devour.

    Jim Butcher (2001). “Fool Moon: Book two of The Dresden Files”, p.221, Penguin
  • 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.

  • Maybe the Merlin was right. Maybe its better to look stupid but strong, than it is to look smart but weak, I don't know. I'm not sure I want to believe that the world stage bears that strong a resemblance to high school.

  • ...the Stone Table [was] a place that served as the OK Corral for the Faerie Courts when they decided to engage in diplomacy by means of murdering anyone on the other team.

    Jim Butcher (2007). “Proven Guilty: A Novel Of the Dresden Files”, p.332, Penguin
  • You need to know where to go,' Sanya said. 'Yes,' 'And you are going to consult four large pizzas for guidance.' 'Yes,' I said. ...'There is, I think, humour here which does not translate well from English into sanity.' 'That's pretty rich coming from the agnostic Knight of the Cross with a holy Sword who takes his orders from an archangel.' I said. - Harry Dresden & Sanya, Changes, Jim Butcher

  • Honey, I liked the Harry Potter movies, too, but that doesn’t mean I ran out and got a Dark Mark tattooed onto my left forearm like you did.

    Jim Butcher, Charlaine Harris, Sherrilyn Kenyon (2009). “Blood Lite: An Anthology of Humorous Horror Stories Presented by the Horror Writers Association”, p.362, Simon and Schuster
  • 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.

    Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 1-6”, p.14, Penguin
  • This is ridiculous. I look like the Games Workshop version of a Jedi Knight.

    Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 7-12”, p.3353, Penguin
  • Give it to 'em!" Take 'em down!" First Aleran!" Kick their furry--" Assault formation!

  • Star Trek?” I asked her. “Really?” “What?” she demanded, bending unnaturally black eyebrows together. “There are two kinds of people in the universe, Molly,” I said. “Star Trek fans and Star Wars fans. This is shocking.” She sniffed. “This is the post-nerd-closet world, Harry. It’s okay to like both.” “Blasphemy and lies,” I said.

    Jim Butcher (2011). “Ghost Story: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.391, Penguin
  • 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.

  • Troubleshooters?" Michael asked. "When there's trouble," I told him, "they shoot it.

    Jim Butcher (2009). “Small Favor: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.175, Penguin
  • I can't be under arrest now... I don't have time.

  • People have far more power than they realize, if they would only choose to use it.

    Jim Butcher (2010). “Side Jobs: Stories from the Dresden Files”, p.200, Penguin
  • Apocalypse is a frame of mind." [Nicodemus] said then. "A belief. A surrender to inevitability. It is a despair for the future. It is the death of hope.

  • Of course Evil's afoot. If it had switched to the metric system it'd be up to a meter by now.

  • There's a fine line between audacity and idiocy.

    Jim Butcher (2009). “Turn Coat: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.156, Penguin
  • I've always felt that the best whips and chains are in the mind. With a little creativity, the physical ones are hardly necessary.

    Jim Butcher (2004). “Blood Rites: Book six of The Dresden Files”, p.85, Penguin
  • ...as nervous as a bird in a coal mine.

    Jim Butcher (2008). “Grave Peril: Book three of The Dresden Files”, p.161, Penguin
  • The best thing about my faerie godmother is that the creepy just keeps on coming.

    "Ghost Story: The Dresden Files, Book Thirteen". Book by Jim Butcher, July 28, 2011.
  • It rained toads the day the White Council came to town.

    Jim Butcher (2002). “Summer Knight: Book four of The Dresden Files”, p.10, Penguin
  • I've done smarter things in my life. Once, for example, I threw myself out of a moving car in order to take on a truckload of lycanthropes singlehandedly." ~Harry Dresden

  • I'm pretty sure lurking in a dark alley to mug me with your apology isn't the usual way to go about saying you're sorry. But I didn't read that Mars-Venus book, so who knows.

    Jim Butcher (2002). “Summer Knight: Book four of The Dresden Files”, p.187, Penguin
  • My head was throbbing, and my hands were shaking, but I went down the ladder to my workroom - and started figuring out how to rip someone's heart out of his chest from fifty miles away. Who says I never do anything fun on a Friday night?

    Jim Butcher (2000). “Storm Front: Book one of The Dresden Files”, p.128, Penguin Group
  • No rest for the wicked, Bob, and that means that we can't slack off either, or they'll outwork us.

  • Magic. It can get a guy killed.

    Jim Butcher (2011). “Ghost Story: The Dresden Files, Book Thirteen”, Hachette UK
  • There is, I think, humor here which does not translate well from English into sanity.

    Jim Butcher (2010). “Changes: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.213, Penguin
  • We're all of us equally naked before the jaws of pain.

    Jim Butcher (2008). “White Night: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.207, Penguin
  • Knowledge is the ultimate weapon. It always has been.

    Jim Butcher (2008). “White Night: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.112, Penguin
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