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181 " What the hell kind of Hell was this supposed to be? "
― Jim Butcher , Ghost Story (The Dresden Files, #13)
182 " The doors of Hell are never bolted or barred, to those who belong there. "
― Jim Butcher , Mean Streets
183 " Why?” I asked him tiredly. “What would it have changed? What could you possibly have said that would have made a difference?”“That I was your brother, Harry,” he said. “That I loved you. That I knew a few things about denying the dark parts of your nature. And that we would get through it.” He put his elblows on his knees and rested his forehead on his hands. “That we’d figure it out. That you weren’t alone.” Stab.Twist.He was right. It was just that simple. "
― Jim Butcher , Cold Days (The Dresden Files, #14)
184 " Oh, I forgot to mention it: My brother is the kind of man whom women stalk. In cooperative packs. "
185 " How do i do this? "
― Jim Butcher
186 " It must be tempered with discipline. Ferocity is useless unless employed in the proper place . . . "
― Jim Butcher , Cursor's Fury (Codex Alera, #3)
187 " There are a lot of things I can't control. I don't know what's going to happen in the next few days.I don't want what I am going to face, what kind of choices I am going to have to make. I can't predict it. I can't control it. It's too big.' I nodded at my shovel. 'But that, I can predict. I know that if I pick up that shovel and clear the snow from the walkways, it's going to make my neighbors safer and happier.' I glanced at him and shrugged. 'It's worthwhile to me. "
― Jim Butcher , Small Favor (The Dresden Files, #10)
188 " There should be a rule against your own inner monologue throwing around that much sarcasm. "
189 " That's Doctor Smart-ass. I didn't spend eight years in insult college to be called Mister. "
― Jim Butcher , Turn Coat (The Dresden Files, #11)
190 " With a sense of humor like that, you could make a living as a garbage man anywhere in the country. "
― Jim Butcher , Fool Moon (The Dresden Files, #2)
191 " I ask people impertinent questions. Hopefully turning up pertinent answers. "
192 " The only good thing about having your back to the wall is that it makes it really easy to choose which way you're going to go. "
193 " Death is just one more Path. One you'll come to in time. "
― Jim Butcher , The Aeronaut's Windlass (The Cinder Spires, #1)
194 " Fire isn't always an element of destruction. Classical alchemical doctrine teaches that it also has dominion over another province: change. "
195 " The last time I was at a supernatural shindig, I got poisoned and then everything there tried to kill me. So I burned the whole place to the ground. "
196 " If I lived through the next day or so, I needed to start keeping track of where these jokers liked to get their bloodthirsty freak on. It might give me an edge someday. Or at least a list of places that could use a nice burning down. I hadn't burned down a building in ages. "
197 " It was why no sane cat allowed kits to come anywhere near human beings. Humans seemed to feel that it was perfectly acceptable to teach kits to accept food from their hands as a matter of course, rather than teaching them the importance of hunting skill and self-reliance. "
198 " Rowl felt sure that Bridget's fragile feelings would be crushed if he denied her the pleasure of sharing her meat with him. "
199 " He is a cat, Miss Lancaster. Asking him such questions is an exercise in futility. "
200 " He had to give humans credit where it was due - they did seem to have a knack for building interesting places for cats to explore. "