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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.

Jim Butcher

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Jim Butcher
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 26
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We all must die. There is no better way to do so than in the pursuit of something you love.
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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.
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If you can't stop the bad thoughts from coming to visit, at least you can make fun of them while they're hanging around.
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Marcone's scum... But he's his own scum.
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You killed my dog! Get your affairs in order.
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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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I don't believe in faeries!
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When you die, do you want to feel ashamed of what you've done with your life? Feel ashamed of what your life meant?
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Fire isn't always an element of destruction. Classical alchemical doctrine teaches that it also has dominion over another province: change.
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The distinction between good and evil is meaningless if one does not have the freedom to choose between them.
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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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Now I feel like James Bond. Suave and intelligent, breaking all the codes while looking fabulous.
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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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Sometimes it isn't easy to be sane, smart, and responsible. Sometimes it sucks. Sucks wang. Camel wang. But that doesn't turn wrong into right or stupid into smart.
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There's more magic in a baby's first giggle than in any firestorm a wizard can conjure up, and don't let anyone tell you any different.
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There are old swordsmen and bold swordsmen. But few old, bold swordsmen.
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Faith is about what you do. It's about aspiring to be better and nobler and kinder than you are. It's about making sacrifices for the good of others-- even when there's not going to be anyone telling you what a hero you are.
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...The next time I opened my eyes, I was in the morgue. This, all by itself, is enough to really ruin your day. I was lying on the examining table, and Butters, complete with his surgical gown and his tray of autopsy instruments, stood over me. 'I'm not dead!' I sputtered. 'I'm not dead!' - Harry Dresden, Death Masks, Jim Butcher
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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 would require a singularly stupid man to go hang around in narrow tunnels and cramped spaces alongside a threat like that. And I, Harry Dresden, am that man, I stated.
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