1,269 Quotes by Jim Butcher

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    Heroism doesn’t pay very well. I try to be cold-blooded and money-oriented, but I keep screwing it up.

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    I’m dealing with a lot of scary things. I think you have to react to them. And you either laugh at them or you go insane.

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    Thomas was an annoying wiseass who tended to make everyone he met want to kill him, and when I have that much in common with someone, I can’t help but like him a little.

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    Some free advice for you: Never fight an old man. They’ve been there, done that, written the book, made and starred in the movie, designed the T-shirt, and they’ve got no ego at all about how the fight gets won.

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    Butters’s voice turned bitter. “Them or us, choose a side?” “It’s not about taking sides,” Karrin said. “It’s about knowing yourself. About understanding why you make the choices you do. Once you know that, you know where to walk, too.

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    See, here’s the thing. Morgan was right: you can’t win them all. But that doesn’t mean that you give up. Not ever. Morgan never said that part – he was too busy living it.

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    Love is another kind of power, which shouldn’t surprise you. Magic comes from emotions, among other things. And when two people are together, in that intimacy, when they really, selflessly love each other it changes them both. It lingers on in the energy of their lives, even when they are apart.

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