Jeremy Bodden

“Stubborn. Proud. Stupid.” She sighed and leaned forward to kiss him lightly on the mouth, her lips warm and sweet. She settled back again, and said, “I would hit you on the head with a rock and drag you away from this. But it would only shatter the rock.”
- Kitai talking about Tavi”
― Jim Butcher, Captain's Fury

“If the beginning of wisdom is in realizing that one knows nothing, then the beginning of understanding is in realizing that all things exist in accord with a single truth: Large things are made of smaller things.”
― Jim Butcher, Academ's Fury

“Sevro." I lean forward. "Your eyes..."
He leans in close. "Do you like 'em?"
"Bloodydamn. Did you get Carved?"
"By the best in the business. Do you like 'em?"
"They're bloodydamn marvelous. Fit you like a glove."
He punches his hands together. "Glad you said that. Cuz they're yours."
I blanch. "What?"
"They're yours."
"My what?"
"Your eyes!"
"My eyes..."
"Do you want the eyes back?" Sevro asks, suddenly worried. "I can give them back."
"No!" I say. "It's just I forgot how crazy you are."
"Oh." He laughs and slaps my shoulder. "Good. I thought it might be something serious. So I'm prime keeping them?"
"Finders keepers," I say with a shrug.”
― Pierce Brown, Morning Star

“If I step away from her, what is to prevent you from killing me?” “Your death doesn’t belong to me,” Kitai said. “We flipped a coin. I lost.”
― Jim Butcher, Captain's Fury