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Jim Butcher
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Jim Butcher
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 26
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Hello Angel,'Michael rumbled, and leaned over to give the woman a kiss on the cheek. She accepted it with all the loving tolerance of a Komodo dragon. 'Don't you hello angel me. Do you know what I had to go through to find a baby-sitter, get all the way out here, get the money together and then get the sword back for you?
Jim Butcher
Ignorance is more than bliss, it's freaking orgasmic ecstacy!
Jim Butcher
I felt my face stretch in a victorious smile. The potion had worked. I was inside. I had to suppress an urge to break into a soft shoe routine. Sometimes being able to use magic was so cool.
Jim Butcher
Many things are not as they seem: The worst things in life never are.
Jim Butcher
You think this is going to work? This peaceful summit thing?” “Sure,” I said. After a second, I added, “Probably.” “Probably?” “Maybe,” I said. “We’re down to maybe now?” I shrugged. “We’ll see.
Jim Butcher
Got to die of something, Giraldi observed. Might as well put back a few pints while you wait to see what it is.
Jim Butcher
The fire of my tribulations had not simply been pain to be endured. It had been an agent of transformation. After all that I'd been through, I'd changed. Not for the worse, I was pretty sure--at least not yet. But only a moron or a freaking lunatic could have faced the things I had and remained unfazed by them.
Jim Butcher
If I was on the road to Hell, at least I was going in style.
Jim Butcher
If you shoot, I will kill her before I die. Yes, Kitai said in a patient tone. Which is why I have not shot you. Yet.
Jim Butcher
I'm brilliant as well as skilled, he said modestly. It's a great burden, all of that on top of my angelic good looks. But I try to soldier on as best I can.
Jim Butcher
Laugh whenever you can. Keeps you from killing yourself when things are bad. That and vodka.
Jim Butcher
We've both got into the blue beetle. He got into the red door, I got into the white one.
Jim Butcher
I'd been in hairier situations than this one. Actually, it's sort of depressing, thinking how many times I'd been in them. But if experience had taught me anything, it was this: No matter how screwed up things are, they can get a whole lot worse.
Jim Butcher
You don't go walking into the proverbial lion's den lightly. You start with a good breakfast.
Jim Butcher
Where instinct fails, intellect must venture.
Jim Butcher
Fear is a part of life. It's a warning mechanism. That's all. It tells you when there's danger around. Its job is to help you survive. Not cripple you into being unable to do it.
Jim Butcher
There are old swordsmen and bold swordsmen. But few old, bold swordsmen.
Jim Butcher
I may have had good reasons. I may have had the best of intentions. But intentions aren’t enough, no matter how good they are. Intentions can lead you to a place where you’re able to make a choice. It’s the choice that counts.
Jim Butcher
We're all so damned fragile.
Jim Butcher
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.
Jim Butcher