Jim Butcher Quotes
There's no way to know what's going to happen, Folly. But we'll blood well be on our feet when it does.
Children have their own kind of power. When you're teaching them, protecting them, you are more than you thought you could be. More understanding, more patient, more capable, more wise.
If you make some comment even obliquely alluding to menstruation or menopause and its effect on my judgment, " Murphy interrupted, "I will break your arm in eleven places.
You do everything by the book, like everybody else, you get the same results s everybody else.
If the nature of her foes would speak to the credit of Bridget's death, then surely the nature of her allies would speak even more loudly about clearly of her life.
Remember who you are. This creature wants to take it from you. Do not let him.
As far as the Council is concerned, the U.S. Wardens are a bunch of mushrooms.""Eh?""Kept in the dark and fed on bullshit.
Billy squinted at me. "Why are you letting them go?""Because they're real.""How do you know?""The one I was holding crapped on my hand.
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?
Paranoid? Probably. But just because you're paranoid doesn't mean that there isn't an invisible demon about to eat your face.
I had about as much chance to do that as I did of backpacking my car to the top of Mount Rushmore.
That’s the problem with you nearly immortal types, ” I said. “You couldn’t spot a pop culture reference if it skittered up and implanted an embryo down your esophagus.
You’re playing the creepy vibe a little hard, ” I said. “Might as well go for broke, put on a black top hat and pipe in some organ music.
Harry, " she said quietly, "I know you must be angry."I burn things to ash and smash holes in buildings when I'm angry, " I said. "I'm a couple of steps past that point right now.
Coz, " he said. "You really must learn to shut your mouth from time to time. You'll taste less shoe letter.
He had traded the lives of people he did not know for those of men he did.That was, he supposed, human nature.
Things are not always as bad as they seem. Sometimes, the darkness only makes it easier to see the light.
Industry and determination, Mister Kettle, can transform the difficult into the routine, " Grimm said.
I sidestepped the vampire's rush, and drove my half of the former blasting rod down at its back, Buffy-like.Maybe it works better on television.
You're in America now, " I said. "Our idea of diplomacy is showing up with a gun in one hand and a sandwich in the other and asking which you'd prefer.
I swear to you, by my own stunning good looks and towering ego, that I am not lying to you.
It must be tempered with discipline. Ferocity is useless unless employed in the proper place . . .
Maybe, ” he said in a slow, rural drawl, “you could explain to me why I found you in the middle of an orgy.” “Well, ” I said, “if you’re going to be in an orgy, the middle is the best spot, isn’t it.
You don't have to make fun of it.""Actually I do, " I said. "I make fun of almost everything.
With a sense of humor like that, you could make a living as a garbage man anywhere in the country.
Nay, but prithee, with sprinkles 'pon it instead, " I said solemnly, "and frosting of white.
I know you haven't burned down any buildings in a while, " she said, "but if you start feeling the need...
Being called "dangerous" by a cat could mean a great many things, but it was generally delivered as something of a compliment.
Rowl felt sure that Bridget's fragile feelings would be crushed if he denied her the pleasure of sharing her meat with him.
He is a cat, Miss Lancaster. Asking him such questions is an exercise in futility.
When a single cat let loose a war cry, it was an unsettling sound. When two cats suddenly wailed at each other in a similar fashion, it was downright unne
He had to give humans credit where it was due - they did seem to have a knack for building interesting places for cats to explore.
...after a pointless delay for the humans to collect all their toys and keepsakes, he was able to take his rightful place in Littlemouse's arms and heard them all in the proper direction.
Life, Tavi reflected, seldom makes a gift of what one expects or plans for.
Her father had always said that a man could be fairly judged by the quality of his allies and that of his enemies.
Internet, " she said sagely. "Expanding the frontiers of adolescent knowledge.
Wait. You work for me?""I prefer to think of it as managing your incompetence.
Tropical trees had been planted throughout the room, along with bright flowering plants that were busy committing the olfactory floral equivalent of aggravated assault.
I mean it, " I said. "You're in danger.""Relax, Harry. I'm not letting anyone lick me, and I'm not looking anyone in the eyes. It's kind of like visiting New York.
Do you know what I think?" Marcone said."You think we should shoot Nicodemus in the back at the first opportunity and let Michael dismember him.""Yes."I drew my gun. "Okay.
Journeyman stared at Grimm as though Grimm had just suggested that the engineer should prostitute his mother to pirates.