Jim Butcher citations

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“Life would be unbearably dull if we had answers to all our questions.”

“But the only way never to do the wrong thing is never to do anything.”

“Thomas Raith: An errand is getting a tank of gas or picking up a carton of milk or something. It is not getting chased by flying purple pyromaniac gorillas hurling incendiary poo.”

“Harry Dresden: Maybe it wasn't anything I'd done. Maybe the monsters had gone on strike. Yeah right.”

“I still can't believe," Michael said, sotto voce, "that you came to the Vampires' Masquerade Ball dressed as a vampire.”

“You know how confusing the whole good-evil concept is for me.”

“I think that men ought to treat women like something other than weaker men with breasts.”

“It's all right to be afraid. You just don't let it stop you from doing your job.”

“Regardless of what I think about Islam or Wicca or any other religion, the fact is that it's a group of people. Every faith has its ceremonies. And since it's made up of people, every faith also has its assholes.”

“Harry Dresden: Don't mess with a wizard when he's wizarding!”

“Polka will never die.”

“Kids. You gotta love them. I adore children. A little salt, a squeeze of lemon--perfect.”

“There’s nothing that makes you more insane than family. Or more happy. Or more exasperated. Or more… secure.”

“Nay, but prithee, with sprinkles 'pon it instead," I said solemnly, "and frosting of white.”

“Hope is a force of nature. Don't let anyone tell you different.”

“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.”

“See? This is why I'm not religious. I couldn't possibly keep my mouth shut long enough to get along with everyone else.”

“She frowned at me. "You need some rest. You look like hell. And you're obviously tired enough to have gotten the giggles."

Wizards don't giggle," I said, hardly able to speak. "This is cackling.”

“Age is always advancing and I'm fairly sure it's up to no good.”

“Likest thou jelly within thy doughnut?”

“Even in winter, the cold isn't always bitter, and not every day is cruel.”

“Knowledge is the ultimate weapon. It always has been.”

“Put some clothes on, you weird, yellow-eyed, table-dancing, werewolf-training, cryptic, stare-me-right-in-the-eyes-and-don't-even-blink wench.”

“Harry Dresden: Many things are not as they seem: The worst things in life never are.”

“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.”

“Hell's bells, irony blows.”

“Harry Dresden: Dresden Taxidermy. You snuff it, we'll stuff it.”

“I’ve had a tense couple of days. And I’ve got to tell you, burning someone’s face off sounds like a great way to relax.”

“A succubus on the set. Strike that, the health-conscious kid sister made it two… succubuses. Succubusees? Succubi? Stupid Latin correspondence course.”