Jim Butcher
Jim Butcher
Jim Butcher is an American author best known for his contemporary fantasy book series The Dresden Files. He is also the author of the Codex Alera series, and the Cinder Spires series. Butcher was born in Independence, Missouri, in 1971. He is the youngest of three children, having two older sisters. He lives in Independence, MO, and has one son...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth26 October 1971
CountryUnited States of America
Jim Butcher quotes about
running guy next
You don’t have to run faster than the bear to get away. You just have to run faster than the guy next to you.
fighting darkness different
It isn't enough to stand up and fight darkness. You've got to stand apart from it, too. You've got to be different from it.
rocks drag
I would hit you on the head with a rock and drag you away from this. But it would only shatter the rock.
girl littles monsters
My friend is going to save a little girl from monsters. I am going with him. That's what friends do.
drug tiny shame
You are a drug dealer. To tiny faeries. Shame." Sanya to Dresden
pain loss past
Living was a dangerous past-time, and often quite painful—but there was also such joy in living, such beauty, things that one would otherwise never see, never experience, never know. The risk of pain and loss was a part of living.
differences arms chins
Isana felt her throat tighten. "We failed." Serai lifted her chin and patted Isana's arm firmly. "We have not yet succeeded. There is a difference.
viewpoints way divergent
Discussing a problem with yourself is almost never a good way to secure a divergent viewpoint.
trouble
Troubleshooters?" Michael asked. "When there's trouble," I told him, "they shoot it.
bunnies woods looks
Yeah, they look great, but that isn't a fantasy come true, Harry. That's a wood chipper in Playboy bunny clothing.
running half bob
Here there be monster." Bob whispered, half hysterically. "Run! Run already!
cheating lying drinking
Because even if they are doing something immoral, I'd be an idiot to start criticizing them for it if I wasn't perfect myself. Smoking is self-destructive. Drinking is self-destructive. Losing your temper and yelling at people is wrong. Lying is wrong. Cheating is wrong. Stealing is wrong. But people do that stuff all the time. Soon as I figure out how to be a perfect human being, then I'm qualified to go lecture other people about how they live their lives.
train-wrecks progress delight
Molly was committing dinner by that time, aided and abetted by Sanya, who seemed to take some kind of grim Russian delight in watching train wrecks in progress.
smart stupid camels
Sometimes it isn't easy to be sane, smart, and responsible. Sometimes it sucks. Sucks wang. Camel wang. But that doesn't turn wrong into right or stupid into smart.