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There are old swordsmen and bold swordsmen. But few old, bold swordsmen.

Jim Butcher

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Jim Butcher
Age: 52
Born: 1971
Born: October 26
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Independence
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He's Gandalf on crack and an IV of Red Bull, with a big leather coat and a .44 revolver in his pocket.
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It isn't good to hold on too hard to the past. You can't spend your whole life looking back. Not even when you can't see what lies ahead. All you can do is keep on keeping on, and try to believe that tomorrow will be what it should be—even if it isn't what you expected.
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I believe that there's a cloud for every silver lining,' I said.
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Body or mind, heart or soul, we're all human, and we're supposed to feel pain. You cut yourself off from it at your own risk.
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When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching - they are your family.
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Not that I was worried about anyone stealing my car. I once had a car thief offer to get me something better for a sweetheart rate.
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The U.S. isn't a perfect place, but it's better than most people have managed to come up with. And all my stuff is there.
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I just stood there staring, because while I've seen a lot of weird things, I hadn't ever seen that.
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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.
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Have you ever been approached by a grim-looking man, carrying a naked sword with a blade about ten miles long in his hand, in the middle of the night, beneath the stars on the shores of Lake Michigan? If you have, seek professional help. If you have not, then believe you me, it can scare the bejeezus out of you.
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Bob wasn't precisely a friend to me but... I was used to him. In a way he was family, the mouthy, annoying, irritable cousin who was always insulting you but who was definitely at Thanksgiving dinner. I had never considered the possibility that one day he might be something else.
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No rest for the wicked, Bob, and that means that we can't slack off either, or they'll outwork us.
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It isn't enough to stand up and fight darkness. You've got to stand apart from it, too. You've got to be different from it.
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Growing up is all about getting hurt. And then getting over it. You hurt. You recover. You move on. Odds are pretty good you're just going to get hurt again. But each time, you learn something.
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My head was throbbing, and my hands were shaking, but I went down the ladder to my workroom - and started figuring out how to rip someone's heart out of his chest from fifty miles away. Who says I never do anything fun on a Friday night?
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Even in winter, the cold isn't always bitter, and not every day is cruel.
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Don't call me a dinosaur. It isn't fair to the dinosaurs. What did a dinosaur ever do to you?
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Seedy wasn't a fair description for the place, because seeds imply eventual regrowth and renewal.
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We're all of us equally naked before the jaws of pain.
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