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

“Everyone stopped to blink at that for a second. I mean, come on. Impaled by a guided frozen turkey missile. Even by the standards of the quasi-immortal creatures of the night, that ain't something you see twice.

"For my next trick," I panted into the startled silence, "anvils.”
― Jim Butcher, Blood Rites

“In fact, the mere act of opening the box will determine the state of the
cat, although in this case there were three determinate states the cat
could be in: these being Alive, Dead, and Bloody Furious.”
― Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies

“The female mind is certainly a devious one, my lord."
Vetinari looked at his secretary in surprise. "Well, of course it is. It has to deal with the male one.”
― Terry Pratchett, Unseen Academicals

“The enemy isn't men, or women, it's bloody stupid people and no one has the right to be stupid.”
― Terry Pratchett, Monstrous Regiment

“Coffee is a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to your older self.”
― Terry Pratchett, Thud!

“Studies have shown that an ant can carry one hundred times its own weight, but there is no known limit to the lifting power of the average tiny eighty-year-old Spanish peasant grandmother.”
― Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man

“No one is actually dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away...”
― Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man

“My imagination needs therapy.”
― Jim Butcher, Skin Game

“I like dogs. They give Mister something to snack on.”
― Jim Butcher, Death Masks

“Whenever you've got a choice, do good, kiddo. It isn't always fun or easy, but in the long run it makes your life better.”
― Jim Butcher, Under My Hat: Tales from the Cauldron

“The Senior Council--"

"Couldn't find its heart if it had a copy of Grey's Anatomy, X-ray vision, and a stethoscope.”
― Jim Butcher, Small Favor

“We're ostriches and the whole world is sand.”
― Jim Butcher, Small Favor

“In Chicago, you can’t swing a cat without hitting an Irish pub (and angering the cat), but McAnally’s place stands out from the crowd.”
― Jim Butcher, Cold Days

“Insecurity, thy name is teenager.”
― Jim Butcher, Proven Guilty

“How long have you been a Sidhe-sicle?”
― Jim Butcher, Proven Guilty

“Demonreach only wants Harry to see what's going on."

"Why doesn't it just marry him?" Thomas muttered under his breath.

"It sort of did," I said.

"My brother the... geosexual?”
― Jim Butcher, Cold Days

“Where germs go?"

"Sunrise," I said. "Poof."

Butter's voice sounded bewildered. "Vampire germs?"

"The tiny capes are a dead giveaway.”
― Jim Butcher, Death Masks

“I don't care about whose DNA has recombined with whose. When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching--they are your family.”
― Jim Butcher, Proven Guilty

“There's more magic in a baby's first giggle than in any firestorm a wizard can conjure up, and don't let anyone tell you any different.”
― Jim Butcher, Fool Moon

“Hope is a force of nature. Don't let anyone tell you different.”
― Jim Butcher, Changes

“EASTER HAS BEEN CANCELED—THEY FOUND THE BODY”
― Jim Butcher, Storm Front

“And thrice do I say to thee...bite me.”
― Jim Butcher

“On the whole, we're a murderous race. According to Genesis, it took as few as four people to make the planet too crowded to stand, and the first murder was a fratricide. Genesis says that in a fit of jealous rage, the very first child born to mortal parents, Cain, snapped and popped the first metaphorical cap in another human being. The attack was a bloody, brutal, violent, reprehensible killing. Cain's brother Abel probably never saw it coming. As I opened the door to my apartment, I was filled with a sense of empathic sympathy and intuitive understanding. For freaking Cain.”
― Jim Butcher, Dead Beat

“I found him in a Dumpster one day when he was a kitten and he promptly adopted me. Despite my struggles, Mister had been an understanding soul, and I eventually came to realize that I was a part of his little family, and by his gracious consent was allowed to remain in his apartment. Cats. Go figure.”
― Jim Butcher, Fool Moon

“He gave me an inscrutable look that said maybe he would and maybe he wouldn't. Mister was a cat, and cats generally considered it the obligation of the universe to provide shelter, sustenance, and amusement as required. I think Mister considered it beneath his dignity to plan for the future.”
― Jim Butcher, Turn Coat

“Unicorns," I said. "Very dangerous. You go first.”
― Jim Butcher, Summer Knight

“I slammed the doors open a little harder than I needed to, stalked out to the Blue Beetle, and drove away with all the raging power the ancient four-cylinder engine should muster. Behold the angry wizard puttputt-putting away.”
― Jim Butcher, Summer Knight

“I do not need the written code of a spiritual belief to act like a decent human being.”
― Jim Butcher, Changes

“Kincaid, evidently exhausted himself, drew a gun, took the safety off, placed it on his chest, and went to sleep too.

"It's cute," I whispered to Murphy. "He has a teddy Glock.”
― Jim Butcher, Small Favor