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Ghost Story (The Dresden Files, #13) QUOTES

Ghost Story (The Dresden Files, #13) QUOTES

1 " It bothered me that he was right. Without Sir Stuart's intervention, I'd have been dead again already.

That's right--you heard me: dead again already.

I mean, come on. How screwed up is your life (after- or otherwise) when you find yourself needing phrases like that? "

― Jim Butcher , Ghost Story (The Dresden Files, #13)

2 " I sometimes give myself excellent advice. Occasionally, I even listen to it. "

― Jim Butcher , Ghost Story (The Dresden Files, #13)

3 " Courage is about learning how to function despite the fear, to put aside your instincts to run or give in completely to the anger born from fear. Courage is about using your brain and your heart when every cell of your body is screaming at your to fight or flee - and then following through on what you believe is the right thing to do. "

― Jim Butcher , Ghost Story (The Dresden Files, #13)

4 " Pain isn’t a lot of fun, at least not for most folks, but it is utterly unique to life. Pain — physical, emotional, and otherwise — is the shadow cast by everything you want out of life, the alternative to the result you were hoping for, and the inevitable creator of strength. From the pain of our failures we learn to be better, stronger, greater than what we were before. Pain is there to tell us when we’ve done something badly—it’s a teacher, a guide, one that is always there to both warn us of our limitations and challenge us to overcome them.

For something no one likes, pain does us a whole hell of a lot of good. "

― Jim Butcher , Ghost Story (The Dresden Files, #13)

5 " Being here? With you? I've met my subconscious, and he's not that sick. "

― Jim Butcher , Ghost Story (The Dresden Files, #13)

6 " Seedy wasn't a fair description for the place, because seeds imply eventual regrowth and renewal. "

― Jim Butcher , Ghost Story (The Dresden Files, #13)

7 " What the hell kind of Hell was this supposed to be? "

― Jim Butcher , Ghost Story (The Dresden Files, #13)

8 " There should be a rule against your own inner monologue throwing around that much sarcasm. "

― Jim Butcher , Ghost Story (The Dresden Files, #13)

9 " There is no spoon. "

― Jim Butcher , Ghost Story (The Dresden Files, #13)

10 " You're dead, son. Cheer is contraindicated. "

― Jim Butcher , Ghost Story (The Dresden Files, #13)

11 " Death is only frightening from the near side. "

― Jim Butcher , Ghost Story (The Dresden Files, #13)

12 " People are likely to do the most ridiculously illogical things for the most incomprehensible of reasons. "

― Jim Butcher , Ghost Story (The Dresden Files, #13)

13 " It’s easy to do the right thing when it doesn’t cost you. Not as easy to do the right thing when your back is to the wall.” Fitz "

― Jim Butcher , Ghost Story (The Dresden Files, #13)

14 " Gandalf never had this kind of problem. He had exactly this problem, actually, standing in front of the hidden Dwarf door to Moria. Remember when… "

― Jim Butcher , Ghost Story (The Dresden Files, #13)

15 " You go back,” Jack said. “And you catch the scum who did you.” “Back?” I said. “Back to …” “Earth, yeah,” Jack said. “Chicago.” He closed the folder and dropped it into his out-box. “You gotta find out who killed you.” I arched an eyebrow at him. “You’re kidding. "

― Jim Butcher , Ghost Story (The Dresden Files, #13)

16 " The very sound of Creation still echoes throughout the vast darkness: The universe remembers. "

― Jim Butcher , Ghost Story (The Dresden Files, #13)

17 " Pain is there to tell us when we’ve done something badly—it’s a teacher, a guide, one that is always there to both warn us of our limitations and challenge us to overcome them. "

― Jim Butcher , Ghost Story (The Dresden Files, #13)

18 " Granted, I think it would have been more fun to be Colossus than Shadowcat. "

― Jim Butcher , Ghost Story (The Dresden Files, #13)

19 " What matters is the success or failure of your will. Your will to overcome human weakness. Your will to work. To learn. I will have no shirkers here, boy. "

― Jim Butcher , Ghost Story (The Dresden Files, #13)

20 " What could I do? What do you do to make up for failing everyone in your life? How do you make it right? How do you apologize for hideous things you never intended to happen? "

― Jim Butcher , Ghost Story (The Dresden Files, #13)