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“We are not going to die."

Butters stared up at me, pale, his eyes terrified. "We're not?"

"No. And do you know why?" He shook his head. "Because Thomas is too pretty to die. And because I'm too stubborn to die." I hauled on the shirt even harder. "And most of all because tomorrow is Oktoberfest, Butters, and polka will never die.”
― Jim Butcher, Dead Beat

“Be as circumspect as you feel is needed," she'd told me. "But do not deny who you are. There will always be someone looking to beat you down. Do not do their job for them.”
― Stephen Spotswood, Fortune Favors the Dead

“I can’t afford to spend days in self loathing as everyone expects fat women to do. Self loathing eats your life.”
― Kerry Greenwood, Earthly Delights

“Nice try?” Butters said. “Mister, where I come from, there is no try.”
― Jim Butcher, Skin Game