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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Oh, I forgot to mention it: My brother is the kind of man whom women stalk. In cooperative packs.

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Tavi spent an eternity in misery, longing for death to bring sweet release from the unrelenting torment. The others gathered at the side of his bunk on the ship, keeping a deathwatch over him. "I don't see what all the drama is about," Demos said, hi...

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You beg fate to make your fears into reality, Aleran. But for the moment, they are only fears. They may come. If so, then face them and overcome them. Until then, pay them no mind. You have enough to think on.

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Men plan. Fate Laughs. Guis Alera, First Lord

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Life is not notable for its overabundance of certainty.

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It isn't about being fair and equal. It's about the difference between right and wrong." He stared out at the bloody Elinarch. "And this was wrong.

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Know your enemy. Know yourself. Only then may you achieve victory.

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It must be tempered with discipline. Ferocity is useless unless employed in the proper place . . .

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On the whole, we're a murderous race. According to Genesis, it took as few as four people to make the planet too crowded to stand, and the first murder was a fratricide. Genesis says that in a fit of jealous rage, the very first child born to mortal ...

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Harry, life isn't simple. There is such a thing as black and white. Right and wrong. But when you're in the thick of things, sometimes it's hard for us to tell. You didn't do what you did for your own benefit. You did it so that you could protect oth...

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Son. Everyone dies alone. That's what it is. It's a door. It's one person wide. When you go through it, you do it alone. But it doesn't mean you've got to be alone before you go through the door. And believe me, you aren't alone on the other side.

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If you go to your death rather than do everything you might to prevent what is happening, you are merely committing suicide and trying to make yourself feel better about it. That is the act of a coward. It is beneath contempt.

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I know how you feel," I said. "You run into something you totally don't get, and it's scary as hell. But once you learn something about it, it gets easier to handle. Knowledge counters fear. It always has.

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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.

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In the action business, when you don't want to say you ran like a mouse, you call it 'taking cover.' It's more heroic.

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Heroism doesn't pay very well. I try to be cold-blooded and money-oriented, but I keep screwing it up.

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Time after time, history demonstrates that when people don't want to believe something, they have enormous skills of ignoring it altogether.

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Life is a journey. Time is a river. The door is ajar

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We are not going to die." Butters stared up at me, pale, his eyes terrified. "We're not?" "No. And do you know why?" He shook his head. "Because Thomas is too pretty to die. And because I'm too stubborn to die." I hauled on the shirt even harder. "An...

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I'm so pretty, it's hard for me to think of myself as intelligent.

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What's with that?' Butters screamed, his voice high and frightened. 'Just covering his head with his arms? Didn't he see the lawyer in the movie?

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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