James J. Butcher > Quotes

“You don’t find the right path. You make it. Whichever one you choose, walk it, and walk it hard, and you’ll do all right for yourself.”
― James J. Butcher, Dead Man's Hand

“Mayflower grunted. “You first.” “Wait, what? Why me first?” “You can see. We just went over this.” “You have the gun. Why don’t you go first?” “Because I have the gun,” he said simply.”
― James J. Butcher, Dead Man's Hand

“But he hadn’t had the time. No, that wasn’t true. He could have found the time; he could have made it. He hadn’t had the will. He had been oddly content in his melancholy slump. It wasn’t a good life, but it was consistent. It was safe. And while it hadn’t been easy, it had been habit, which was like easy but a lot more dangerous.”
― James J. Butcher, Dead Man's Hand

“He took a breath to brace himself for what came next. He could show no fear, no hesitation, and most of all, no pride. You can’t have pride and appropriately handle kids at the same time. It was some kind of universal, or perhaps cosmic, rule.”
― James J. Butcher, Dead Man's Hand