1,269 Quotes by Jim Butcher

Magic comes from what is inside you. It is a part of you. You can't weave together a spell that you don't beleive in.

I didn't want to believe that killing was deep inside of me. I didn't want to think about the part of me that took a dark joy in gathering all the power it could and using it as I saw fit, everything else be damned. There was power to be had in hatred, too, in anger and in lust, in selfishness and in pride. And I knew that there was some dark corner of me that would enjoy using magic for killing—and then long for more. That was black magic, and it was easy to use. Easy and fun. Like Legos.

In the void, there is no distinction of east and west."Gwen blinked slightly at that. "I know all of those words, and yet when strung together like that I have no idea what they mean.

See, those who wield the primordial forces of creation have a long-running grudge with physics.

Paranoia is a survival trait when you run in my circles. It gives you something to do in your spare time, coming up with solutions to ridiculous problems that aren't ever going to happen. Except when one of them does, at which point you feel way too vindicated.- Harry Dresden, "Changes

It's tough for magic to argue with physics, most of the time.

Wait," Connie said again. "A . . . what? Am I going to sparkle or something?" "God, no," said Irwin and I together.

I’d gone with my usual option. I was running through long tunnels filled with demons and monsters and nightmares, because it was easier than going to the gym.

It doesn't make you a monster to want, she said, her voice very gentle. It's what you do with it that matters.