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Laugh whenever you can. Keeps you from killing yourself when things are bad. That and vodka.

Jim Butcher

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Jim Butcher
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 26
Actor
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Independence
Missouri
Laugh
Laughing
Dresden
Things
Vodka
Sanity
Keeps
Whenever
Killing
Laughter

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There is, I think, humor here which does not translate well from English into sanity.
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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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Pansy, Murphy sneered. Thomas leered at her. You make my stamen tingle when you talk like that, Sergeant.
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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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Lies. Mab cannot change who you are.
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I don't know about your true form, but the weight of your ego sure is pushing the crust of the earth toward the breaking point.
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Are you always a smartass?' Nope. Sometimes I'm asleep.
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In my judgment, my buildings are less likely to burn to the ground during one of your visits if you are disoriented from being treated like a sultan.
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Life is too short, Harry. And there's nowhere near enough joy in it. If you find it, grab it. Before it's gone.
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