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You don't take your cat with you to go bird shopping. Not because the cat isn't polite, but because he's a cat.

Jim Butcher

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Jim Butcher
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 26
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Do you want your blood to stay where it is sochar-lar? Tavi lifted both eyebrows at the unfamiliar word, and glanced at Varg. Monkey, Varg supplied, in Aleran. And male-child. He called me monkey boy? Tavi asked.
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We are not going to die. Butters stared up at me, pale, his eyes terrified. We're not? No. And do you know why? He shook his head. Because Thomas is too pretty to die. And because I'm too stubborn to die. I hauled on the shirt even harder. And most of all because tomorrow is Oktoberfest, Butters, and polka will never die.
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I know how you feel, I said. You run into something you totally don't get, and it's scary as hell. But once you learn something about it, it gets easier to handle. Knowledge counters fear. It always has.
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Many things are not as they seem: The worst things in life never are.
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The movie of my life must be really low budget.
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Harry Dresden. Saving the world, one act of random destruction at a time.
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Over the course of many encounters and many years, I have successfully developed a standard operating procedure for dealing with big, nasty monsters. Run away.
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You know how confusing the whole good-evil concept is for me.
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Thomas has the kind of whiter-than-white boyish grin that makes women's panties spontaneously evaporate.
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For me chivalry isn't dead it's an involuntary reflex.
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It's not my fault all women like motorcycles, Murph. They're basically huge vibrators. With wheels.
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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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God save me from idealists.
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You killed my dog! Get your affairs in order.
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