Jim Butcher Quotes

I see dynamite in it.

When in doubt, shoot the wizard.

Questioners sooner or later end up in a library... And answers are dangerous; they kill your wonder.

A falcon who chases a warlike crane can only hope for a life of pain.

If information is the currency of democracy, then libraries are its banks.

At times you have to fight. No way around it. At some point, every one of us is confronted with danger or injustice. How we choose to combat that challenge is often life-defining. You can face difficulties head-on, or run from them, or ignore them until they consume you. But no one escapes conflict. No one.

Flatterers and men of learning do not accord well with each other.

I know what it’s like to be manipulated, Aya-la. And I know what it’s like to be in danger. While your city was building you mansions to live in, my friends and I have been protecting this planet. We’ve spilled more blood than you have flowing in your veins. So don’t try to make me feel guilty! -Tally Youngblood, Extras

... bums on the outside, libraries inside.

This is a people shooting hat," I said. "I shoot people in this hat.

He inclined his head at my dress. "What's the occasion?" "Homecoming," I said, twirling. "Like?" "Last I heard, Homecoming requires a date." "About that," i hedged. "I'm sort of...going with Scott. We both figure a high-school dance is the last place Hank will be patrolling." Patch smiled, but it was tight. "I take that back. If Hank wants to shoot Scott, he has my blessing.

Negativity and Hulkamania - 2 things that don't go together.

Did you know— then?” asked Harry. “Did I know that I had just met the most dangerous Dark wizard of all time? No.

As convenient as it is for information to come to us, libraries do have a valuable side effect: they force all of the smart people to come together in one place where they can interact with one another.

By any sane definition of success, if you wake up in a pool of blood and nobody has shot you, you are not successful.

If you value your safety, avoid holy places founded in the name of peace and brotherhood.

Be careful what you shoot at . . . most things in here don't react too well to bullets.

It's a bomb. Just like you.

Live in the serene peace of laboratories and libraries

Touch her,” he said in Scott’s ear, his voice low and threatening, “and it’ll be the biggest regret of your life.

Hatred is the most destructive force on earth. It does the most damage to those who harbor it.

Where two principles really do meet which cannot be reconciled with one another, then each man declares the other a fool and a heretic

We need more understanding of human nature, because the only real danger that exists is man himself.

Print-based libraries developed in an age of scarce printed resources.