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
sexy stars rocks
My hair had grown out long and shaggy—not in that sexy-young-rock-star kind of way but in that time-to-take-Rover-to-the-groomer kind of way.
white blue doors
We've both got into the blue beetle. He got into the red door, I got into the white one.
real guy warning
Most of the bad guys in the real world don't know that they are bad guys. You don't get a flashing warning sign that you're about to damn yourself. It sneaks up on you when you aren't looking.
errors heaven harry-dresden
I died. I died and someone made a clerical error and I am in Heaven.
motivational names lord
In the name of the Pizza Lord. Charge!
littles impossible unimaginable
The impossible we do immediately. The unimaginable takes a little while.
life-is-too-short joy gone
Life is too short, Harry. And there's nowhere near enough joy in it. If you find it, grab it. Before it's gone.
ignorance tools weapons
Fear is bred from ignorance. So knowledge is a weapon against it, and reason is the tool of knowledge.
pain mean sacrifice
Life is full of toil, sacrifice, and pain, and from the time we stop growing, we know that we've begun dying. We watch helplessly as year by year, our bodies age and fail, while our survival instincts compel us to keep on going-which means living with the terrifying knowledge that ultimately death is inescapable.
intelligent fabulous suave
Now I feel like James Bond. Suave and intelligent, breaking all the codes while looking fabulous.
running courage fear
Courage is about learning how to function despite the fear, to put aside your instincts to run or give in completely to the anger born from fear. Courage is about using your brain and your heart when every cell of your body is screaming at your to fight or flee - and then following through on what you believe is the right thing to do.
mom children simple
She studied my face for a long minute. "Are you going to help my mom?" It was a simple question. But how do you tell a child that things just aren't that simple, that some questions don't have simple answers--or any answer at all?
family-and-friends cozy paranoia
I like to stay cozy with my paranoia, not pass her around to my friends and family.
creativity mind littles
I've always felt that the best whips and chains are in the mind. With a little creativity, the physical ones are hardly necessary.