Jim Butcher Quotes

No matter how nice the company one might be with, however, it is never pleasant to have a rifle pointed at one's back.

I have never put a gun to anyone's head to obligate him to marry me.

All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do.

The world is ruled by violence, or at least the imminent threat of violence. It always has been.

Back off or the lizard gets it!

Weapons are only weapons if you’re willing to use them.

I'm gonna knock people out.

I'm going to take off your gag.And if you try to bite me or grab me or anything, I'll hit you with this thing as hard as I can as many times as I can. Understood?"- Tana to Gavriel, page 20 chapter 3

When a man holds you round the throat, I don't think he has come to apologise.

Shut up... or I'll kill you.

You think my first instinct is to protect you. Because you're small, or a girl, or a Stiff. But you're wrong." He leans his face close to mine and wraps his fingers around my chin. His hand smells like metal. When was the last time he held a gun, or a knife? My skin tingles at the point of contact, like he's transmitting electricity through his skin. "My first instinct is to push you until you break, just to see how hard I have to press." he says, his fingers squeezing at the word break. My body tenses at the edge in his voice, so I am coiled as tight as a spring, and I forget to breathe.

All right," he said. "Since you ask so nicely." "I wasn't asking." "I'm aware of that. The sharp point in my back did make it clear.

I'm the terrorist, do what I say or I'll terrorize you.

Force and mind are opposites; morality ends where a gun begins.

Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another if it is not done.

When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand.

You can't go to a negotiating table pointing a gun, but you've got to keep it over your shoulder.

When someone holds a knife to your throat it's easy to be scared. It's not hard to imagine what it would be like.

I'm going to hit you as hard as I can regardless of whether you touch my gloves or not.

You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.

Weapons are the tools of fear.

Don't mess with me. I've got tanks.

There’s no reason to respect anyone’s word in that part of the world. The only thing they respect is force and the threat of force.

Boys, I've just reminded Hubert that I've got his balls in my pocket.

You’re a thug. Now get out of here and keep away.