Quotes by Jim Butcher

About Jim Butcher:

Jim Butcher is a New York Times best selling author best known for his contemporary fantasy book series The Dresden Files. He also wrote the Codex Alera series.
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There’s nothing that makes you more insane than family. Or more happy. Or more exasperated. Or more . . . secure.

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Every soul is special. They’re all beautiful. They’re all far more significant than anyone on this rock realizes. I think when people are at their best, they’re acting in accordance with their soul. The ones who have gone bad don’t have bad s...

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I have nightmares about hell, where all I do is add up numbers and try to have conversations with people like you.

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Pain is a byproduct of life. That’s the truth. Life sometimes sucks. That’s true for everyone. But if you don’t face the pain and the suck, you don’t ever get the other things either. Laughter. Joy. Love. Pain passes, but those things are wor...

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Anger is just anger. It isn't good. It isn't bad. It just is. What you do with it is what matters. It's like anything else. You can use it to build or to destroy. You just have to make the choice." Constructive anger," the demon said, her voice dripp...

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There is a primal reassurance in being touched, in knowing that someone else, someone close to you, wants to be touching you. There is a bone-deep security that goes with the brush of a human hand, a silent, reflex-level affirmation that someone is n...

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What is the point of having free will if one cannot occasionally spit in the eye of destiny?

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Many things are not as they seem: The worst things in life never are.

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[Mouse is] with us. The dog is a handicap-assist animal." The kid lifted his eyebrows. "My mouth is partially paralyzed," I said. "It makes it hard for me to read. He's here to help me with the big words. Tell me if I'm supposed to push or pull on do...

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People love dogs. You can never go wrong adding a dog to the story.

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The wacky thing about those bad guys is that you can't count on them to be obvious. They forget to wax their mustaches and goatees, leave their horns at home, send their black hats to the dry cleaner's. They're funny like that.

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But you'd get arguments from all kinds of people that the Bible has got to be perfect. That God would not permit such errors to be made in the Holy Word." "I thought God gave everyone free will. Which would presumably - and evidently - include the fr...

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Regardless of what I think about Islam or Wicca or any other religion, the fact is that it's a group of people. Every faith has its ceremonies. And since it's made up of people, every faith also has its assholes.

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Loneliness is a hard thing to handle. I feel it, sometimes. When I do, I want it to end. Sometimes, when you're near someone, when you touch them on some level that is deeper than the uselessly structured formality of casual civilized interaction, th...

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Age is always advancing and I'm fairly sure it's up to no good.

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See? This is why I'm not religious. I couldn't possibly keep my mouth shut long enough to get along with everyone else.

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Don't call me a dinosaur. It isn't fair to the dinosaurs. What did a dinosaur ever do to you?

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Knowledge is the ultimate weapon. It always has been.

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But the only way never to do the wrong thing is never to do anything.

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Everyone is down on pain, because they forget something important about it: Pain is for the living. Only the dead don't feel it.

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Being a wizard gives you more power than most, but it doesn't change your heart. We're all human. We're all of us equally naked before the jaws of pain.

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Author Bio

  • NameJim Butcher
  • Descriptionauthor from the USA
  • BornOctober 26, 1971
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionAuthor; Novelist
  • WorksThe Dresden Files; Codex Alera