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#1

“Are you always a smartass?'

Nope. Sometimes I'm asleep.”
― Jim Butcher, Blood Rites

tags: humor, impudence, sarcasm, smartass

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#2

“Life is a journey. Time is a river. The door is ajar”
― Jim Butcher, Dead Beat

tags: humor, life, metaphor, zen

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#3

“I had to smile at the man. I mean, you have to smile at idiots and children.”
― Jim Butcher, Fool Moon

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#4

“Laugh whenever you can. Keeps you from killing yourself when things are bad. That and vodka.”
― Jim Butcher, Changes

tags: changes, drinking, harry-dresden, laughter, sanity, sanya

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#5

“The building was on fire, and it wasn’t my fault.”
― Jim Butcher, Blood Rites

tags: harry-dresden

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#6

“I died. I died and someone made a clerical error and I am in Heaven.”
― jim butcher, Summer Knight

tags: harry-dresden, humor

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#7

“Nay, but prithee, with sprinkles 'pon it instead," I said solemnly, "and frosting of white.”
― Jim Butcher, Small Favor

tags: irony, politeness, sweetness

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#8

“Likest thou jelly within thy doughnut?”
― Jim Butcher, Small Favor

tags: humor

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#9

“Life would be unbearably dull if we had answers to all our questions.”
― Jim Butcher, Death Masks

tags: harry-dresden, life, thomas-raith

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#10

“You rush a miracle worker, you get lousy miracles!”
― Jim Butcher, Small Favor

tags: harry-dresden, humor

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#11

“My hair had grown out long and shaggy—not in that sexy-young-rock-star kind of way but in that time-to-take-Rover-to-the-groomer kind of way.”
― Jim Butcher, White Night

tags: hair, haircut, messy, shaggy, sloppy

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#12

“I let out a battle cry. Sure, a lot of people might have mistaken it for a sudden yelp of unmanly fear, but trust me. It was a battle cry.”
― Jim Butcher, My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding

tags: harry-dresden, humor

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#13

“In the action business, when you don't want to say you ran like a mouse, you call it 'taking cover.' It's more heroic.”
― Jim Butcher, Dead Beat

tags: harry-dresden, heroism, humor

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#14

“A technicality I'm prepared to hide wildly behind.”
― Jim Butcher, Storm Front

tags: witty

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#15

“The man once wrote: Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger. Tolkien had that one mostly right.

I stepped forward, let the door bang closed, and snarled, "Fuck subtle.”
― Jim Butcher, Changes

tags: anger, harry-dresden, humor, subtlety, tolkien

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#16

“Ack!" I said.

Fearless master of the witty dialogue, that's me.”
― Jim Butcher, Changes

tags: harry-dresden, humor, wit

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#17

“Holy shit," I breathed. "Hellhounds."
"Harry," Michael said sternly. "You know I hate it when you swear."
"You're right. Sorry. Holy shit," I breathed, "heckhounds.”
― Jim Butcher, Grave Peril

tags: dresden-files, expletives

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#18

“Time after time, history demonstrates that when people don't want to believe something, they have enormous skills of ignoring it altogether.”
― Jim Butcher, Dead Beat

tags: harry-dresden, history, ignorance

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#19

“Kids. You gotta love them. I adore children. A little salt, a squeeze of lemon—perfect.”
― Jim Butcher, Storm Front

tags: dresden, humor, kids, storm_front

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#20

“Heroism doesn't pay very well. I try to be cold-blooded and money-oriented, but I keep screwing it up.”
― Jim Butcher, Dead Beat

tags: harry-dresden, heroism, humor

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#21

“Regardless of what I think about Islam or Wicca or any other religion, the fact is that it's a group of people. Every faith has its ceremonies. And since it's made up of people, every faith also has its assholes.”
― Jim Butcher, White Night

tags: faith, harry-dresden, humor, religion

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#22

“Kincaid! Bolshevik Muppet!”
― Jim Butcher, Blood Rites

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#23

“She frowned at me. "You need some rest. You look like hell. And you're obviously tired enough to have gotten the giggles."

Wizards don't giggle," I said, hardly able to speak. "This is cackling.”
― Jim Butcher, Changes

tags: harry-dresden, humor, karrin-murphy

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#24

“Laughter is good for you. Nine out of ten stand-up comedians recommend laughter in the face of intense stupidity.”
― Jim Butcher, Proven Guilty

tags: harry-dresden, humor, laughter

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#25

“Sullen monosyllabism, a sure sign of sleep deprivation.”
― Jim Butcher, Death Masks

tags: harry-dresden, humor, waldo-butters

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#26

“I parked in front of the Field Museum under a NO PARKING sign. There were a couple of actual spots I could have used, but the drive was even closer. Besides, I found it aesthetically satisfying to defy municipal code.”
― Jim Butcher, Dead Beat

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#27

“Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.”
― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

tags: coldness, depression, happiness, life, sad, sadness, sorrow

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#28

“When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.”
― Kahlil Gibran

tags: delight, heart, sorrow, truth, weeping

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