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Any time I’m not shooting my mouth off to a clichéd, two-bit creature of the night like you, it’s because I’m up to something.

Jim Butcher

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Jim Butcher
Age: 52
Born: 1971
Born: October 26
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Thwart, I said. To prevent someone from accomplishing something by means of visiting gratuitous violence upon his smarmy person. I'm pretty sure that isn't the definition. Sarissa said. It is today.
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Everyone is down on pain, because they forget something important about it: Pain is for the living. Only the dead don't feel it.
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There’s nothing that makes you more insane than family. Or more happy. Or more exasperated. Or more . . . secure.
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Like “love,” “hope” is one of those ridiculously disproportional words that by all rights should be a lot longer.
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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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You killed my dog! Get your affairs in order.
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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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So? Bob said. Hat up, go kill her. Problem solved. Bob, I said. You can't just go around killing people. I know. That's why you should do it. No, no. I can't go around killing people, either.
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I had to smile at the man. I mean, you have to smile at idiots and children.
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I can't believe I'm about to say this, I said. So think real careful about where this is coming from. Have you people ever considered *talking* when you've got a problem?
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Wizards and computers get along about as well as flamethrowers and libraries.
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I'm so pretty, it's hard for me to think of myself as intelligent.
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No story that juicy was going to stay secret for long.
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