Numa Parrott

“Pain is a fire. That’s true for all of the people, some of the time. If you’ve never had to stand in that fire, be patient: Your turn is coming. Whether the pain is physical or purely mental doesn’t really matter—it turns out that your brain reacts to it the same way, lighting up many of the same centers of perception. Some brainy types in lab coats proved that one fairly recently. The suffering from a broken heart is similar to that from a gunshot wound, in terms of how our minds react over the long term. It all hurts. When you have to live with that hurt, with that pain, when there’s no way to turn it off or get away from it, you start to make adjustments. Your choices in how you deal with your pain determine the course of your recovery. That’s why people who go through a difficult ordeal sometimes come out stronger, and sometimes they come out broken—but they always come out… Changed. Pain is a fire.”
― Jim Butcher, Twelve Months

“The real problem with any kind of militant order was there always seemed to be a few people in them who were militant first”
― Jim Butcher, Twelve Months

“Ramirez drawled. “Did you threaten to defenestrate my partner just before I came up here?” “No,” I said defensively. “There are no windows up here.”
― Jim Butcher, Twelve Months

“Sometimes the most compassionate thing you can do for someone is give them a gentle, firm boot to the ass,”
― Jim Butcher, Twelve Months