Numa Parrott

“None of us own our children. We have a little while to hold them in trust”
― Jim Butcher, Twelve Months

“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

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

“A wizard is never late,” I muttered. “He arrives as soon as he’s dealt with his PTSD.”
― Jim Butcher, Twelve Months