Jim Butcher, Dead Beat Quotes
Now I feel like James Bond. Suave and intelligent, breaking all the codes while looking fabulous.
Heroism doesn't pay very well. I try to be cold-blooded and money-oriented, but I keep screwing it up.
Fear is a part of life. It's a warning mechanism. That's all. It tells you when there's danger around. Its job is to help you survive. Not cripple you into being unable to do it.
In the action business, when you don't want to say you ran like a mouse, you call it 'taking cover.' It's more heroic.
Time after time, history demonstrates that when people don't want to believe something, they have enormous skills of ignoring it altogether.
You're reacted to the fear, but you haven't ever faced it and put it into the fight perspective. You have to make up your mind to overcome it.
What's with that?” Butters screamed, his voice high and frightened. “Just covering his head with his arms? Didn't he see the lawyer in the movie?
Children run everywhere for a reason--it's fun. Grown-ups can forget that sometimes.
I'm brilliant as well as skilled, " he said modestly. "It's a great burden, all of that on top of my angelic good looks. But I try to soldier on as best I can.