Quotes by Jim Butcher

Those who deal in magic learn to see the world in a slightly differnt light than everybody else.you gain a perspective you had considered before. A way of thinking that would never have occurred to you with out exposure to the things a wizard sees and hears.When you look in to some ones eyes you see them in that other light and for just a second they see you in the same way.

I mean it, I said. Youre in danger.Relax, Harry. Im not letting anyone lick me, and Im not looking anyone in the eyes. Its kind of like visiting New York.

Hells bells, Susan, you dont know what youve done. Youve got to get outof here.She snorted. Like hell.I mean it, I said. Youre in danger.Relax, Harry. Im not letting anyone lick me, and Im not looking anyone in the eyes. Its kind of like visiting New York.

I like to think of it less as embezzling and more as an involuntary goodwill contribution.

Fighting is never good. But sometimes necessary.

Do you know what I think? Marcone said.You think we should shoot Nicodemus in the back at the first opportunity and let Michael dismember him.Yes.I drew my gun. Okay.

Youre dead, son. Cheer is contraindicated.

Everything was perfectly healthy and normal here in Denial Land.

Journeyman stared at Grimm as though Grimm had just suggested that the engineer should prostitute his mother to pirates.

Children run everywhere for a reason--its fun. Grown-ups can forget that sometimes.

Death is only frightening from the near side.

...This is a place of learning where very few learn anything of value. That you, who have courage and intelligence, are held in contempt by most of your kind here because you have no sorcery... I have seen you protect others, though they consider you to be weaker than they. I have seen a very few decent people, like the boy we took from the tower. I have seen women trade pleasure for coin to feed their children, and others do the same so that they could ignore their children while making themselves foolish with wines and powders. I have seen men who labor as long as the sun is up go home to wives who hold them in contempt for never being there. I have seen men beat and use those whom they should protect, even their own children. I have seen your kind place others of their own in slavery. I have seen them fighting to be free of the same. I have seen men of the law betray it, men who hate the law be kind. I have seen gentle defenders, sadistic healers, creators of beauty scorned while craftsmen of destruction are worshiped. Your Kind, Aleran, are the most vicious and gentle, most savage and noble, most treacherous and loyal, most terrifying and fascinating creatures I have ever seen.

Thats arrogance, Harry. he said, gently. On a level so deep, you dont even realize it exists. And do you know why its there? No? I asked. He smiled again. Because you have set a higher standard for yourself. You think that, because you have more power than others, you have to do more with it. To whom much is given, much is required, I said, without looking up. He barked out a short laugh. For someone who repeatedly tells me he has no faith, you have a surprising capacity to quote scripture. And thats just my point. I eyed him. What? You wouldnt be twisting yourself into knots like this, Harry, if you didnt care. So? Monsters dont care, Michael said. The damned dont care, Harry. The only way to go beyond redemption is to choose to take yourself there. The only way to do it is to stop caring.

It isnt about being fair and equal. Its about the difference between right and wrong. He stared out at the bloody Elinarch. And this was wrong.

A technicality Im prepared to hide wildly behind.

Insecurity, thy name is teenager.

Wizards and computers get along about as well as flamethrowers and libraries.

Oh, the girl said, shaking her head. Dont be so simple. People adore monsters. They fill their songs and stories with them. They define themselves in relation to them. You know what a monster is, young shade? Power. Power and choice. Monsters make choices. Monsters shape the world. Monsters force us to become stronger, smarter, better. They sift the weak from the strong and provide a forge for the steeling of souls. Even as we curse monsters, we admire them. Seek to become them, in some ways. Her eyes became distant. There are far, far worse things to be than a monster.

Monsters are born of pain, and grief, and loss, and anger. Your heart is full of them.--And?And it makes you vulnerable.

I’d gone with my usual option. I was running through long tunnels filled with demons and monsters and nightmares, because it was easier than going to the gym.