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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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You can't plan for everything or you never get started in the first place.
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The characters within a book were, from a certain point of view, identical on some fundamental level ‒ there weren't any images of them, no physical tangibility whatsoever. They were pictures in the reader's head, constructs of imagination and ideas, given shape by the writer's work and skill and the reader's imagination. Parents, of a sort.
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And I knew that there was some dark corner of me that would enjoy using magic for killing—and then long for more. That was black magic, and it was easy to use. Easy and fun. Like Legos
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I guess maybe you don’t get to be the Merlin of the White Council by saving up frequent-flier miles
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I can't be under arrest now... I don't have time.
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Alone. It's one of those small words that means entirely too much. Like fear. Or trust.
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Whenever it gets too dark, think of the good things you have, the good times you've had. It will help. I promise.
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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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Sticks and stones may break your bones, but Chinese throwing stars get you a dozen stitches.
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One can have only as much preparation as he has foresight.
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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.
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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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Molly was arrested. Possession.” I blinked at him. “She was possessed?
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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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Dresden. Am I interrupting something? Well, I was going to settle down with a porn video and a bottle of baby oil, but I really don't have enough for two.
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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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Just like credit card companies, or those student loan people. Now there's evil for you.
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