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1dc3227	Are you always a smartass?' Nope. Sometimes I'm asleep.	impudence sarcasm smartass	Jim Butcher
f8a8d2e	Paranoid? Probably. But just because you're paranoid doesn't mean there isn't an invisible demon about to eat your face.	paranoia paranoid	Jim Butcher
d13fbeb	I don't care about whose DNA has recombined with whose. When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching--they are your family.	family friends friendship	Jim Butcher
1073735	Evil isn't the real threat to the world. Stupid is just as destructive as Evil, maybe more so, and it's a hell of a lot more common. What we really need is a crusade against Stupid. That might actually make a difference.	harry-dresden stupidity	Jim Butcher
417067f	Sure, we'd faced some things as children that a lot of kids don't. Sure, Justin had qualified for his Junior de Sade Badge in his teaching methods for dealing with pain. We still hadn't learned, though, that growing up is all about getting hurt. And then getting over it. You hurt. You recover. You move on. Odds are pretty good you're just going to get hurt again. But each time, you learn something. Each time, you come out of it a little str..	harry-dresden life pain wisdom	Jim Butcher
9f991b8	Life is a journey. Time is a river. The door is ajar	life metaphor zen	Jim Butcher
e094524	Laugh whenever you can. Keeps you from killing yourself when things are bad. That and vodka.	drinking harry-dresden laughter sanity sanya	Jim Butcher
fe6ce3b	Anger is just anger. It isn't good. It isn't bad. It just is. What you do with it is what matters. It's like anything else. You can use it to build or to destroy. You just have to make the choice." Constructive anger," the demon said, her voice dripping sarcasm. Also known as passion," I said quietly. "Passion has overthrown tyrants and freed prisoners and slaves. Passion has brought justice where there was savagery. Passion has created fr..	harry-dresden lasciel passion	Jim Butcher
549ffe6	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."	humor motivation optimism thomas-raith waldo-butters	Jim Butcher
e206dc6	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." --	humor motivation optimism thomas-raith waldo-butters	Jim Butcher
6d18dfe	There is a primal reassurance in being touched, in knowing that someone else, someone close to you, wants to be touching you. There is a bone-deep security that goes with the brush of a human hand, a silent, reflex-level affirmation that someone is near, that someone cares.	friendship harry-dresden	Jim Butcher
5c669b1	I had to smile at the man. I mean, you have to smile at idiots and children.		Jim Butcher
ab682b7	Sleep is God. Go worship.		Jim Butcher
4687742	We have now left Reason and Sanity Junction. Next stop, Looneyville.	harry-dresden humor insanity	Jim Butcher
8fbf55f	The human mind is not a terribly logical or consistent place.	people psychology sanity	Jim Butcher
b9b79cb	The building was on fire, and it wasn't my fault.		Jim Butcher
7922a6a	You're in America now," I said. "Our idea of diplomacy is showing up with a gun in one hand and a sandwich in the other and asking which you'd prefer."	diplomacy	Jim Butcher
ca83128	You backbiting, poisonous, treacherous, deceitful, wicked, girl. If this works I'll buy you a pony.	harry-dresden humor	Jim Butcher
9d9671b	What is the point of having free will if one cannot occasionally spit in the eye of destiny?	destiny johnnie-marcone	Jim Butcher
cba17ff	In the name of the Pizza Lord. Charge!	humor motivation	Jim Butcher
46ded28	If I need you I'll give you a signal.'		Jim Butcher
bbe1832	Have you ever felt despair? Absolute hopelessness? Have you ever stood in the darkness and known, deep in your heart, in your spirit, that it was never, ever going to get better? That something had been lost, forever, and that it wasn't coming back?		Jim Butcher
0ff0064	I died. I died and someone made a clerical error and I am in Heaven.	humor	jim butcher
ae9d377	The man once wrote: Tolkien had that one mostly right. I stepped forward, let the door bang closed, and snarled, "Fuck subtle."	harry-dresden humor subtlety tolkien	Jim Butcher
859b8cc	So. You get handed a holy sword by an archangel, told to go fight the forces of evil, and you somehow remain an atheist. Is that what you're saying?	harry-dresden humor sanya	Jim Butcher
6062531	Caring about someone isn't complicated. It isn't easy. But it isn't complicated, either. Kinda like lifting the engine block out of a car.	relationships	Jim Butcher
419e7ac	Star Trek?" I asked her. "Really?" "What?" she demanded, bending unnaturally black eyebrows together. "There are two kinds of people in the universe, Molly," I said. "Star Trek fans and Star Wars fans. This is shocking." She sniffed. "This is the post-nerd-closet world, Harry. It's okay to like both." "Blasphemy and lies," I said."	molly-carpenter nerds star-trek star-wars	Jim Butcher
eb871c5	Life would be unbearably dull if we had answers to all our questions.	life thomas-raith	Jim Butcher
734fbb4	Son. Everyone dies alone. That's what it is. It's a door. It's one person wide. When you go through it, you do it alone. But it doesn't mean you've got to be alone before you go through the door. And believe me, you aren't alone on the other side.	harry-dresden life	Jim Butcher
56b5dab	But the only way never to do the wrong thing is never to do anything.	harry-dresden inaction life molly-carpenter	Jim Butcher
afcab89	There are bad things in the world. There's no getting away from that. But that doesn't mean nothing can be done about them. You can't abandon life just because it's scary, and just because sometimes you get hurt.		Jim Butcher
303bb93	I let out a battle cry. Sure, a lot of people might have mistaken it for a sudden yelp of unmanly fear, but trust me. It was a battle cry.	humor	Jim Butcher
6d6be90	An is getting a tank of gas or picking up a carton of milk or something. It is getting chased by flying purple pyromaniac gorillas hurling incendiary poo!	errands incendiary-poo pyromaniac-gorillas	Jim Butcher
28bc19f	But there were some things I believed in. Some things I had faith in. And faith isn't about perfect attendance to services, or how much money you put on the little plate. It isn't about going skyclad to the Holy Rites, or meditating each day upon the divine	faith inspirational	Jim Butcher
7f48cec	But there were some things I believed in. Some things I had faith in. And faith isn't about perfect attendance to services, or how much money you put on the little plate. It isn't about going skyclad to the Holy Rites, or meditating each day upon the divine. Faith is about what you do. It's about aspiring to be better and nobler and kinder than you are. It's about making sacrifices for the good of others - even when there's not going to be..	inspirational	Jim Butcher
19e168e	Jobs are a part of life. Maybe you've heard of the concept. It's called work? See, what happens is that you suffer through doing annoying and humiliating things until you get paid not enough money. Like those Japanese game shows, only without all the glory.	thomas-raith work	Jim Butcher
bf76574	I still can't believe," Michael said, sotto voce, "that you came to the Vampires' Masquerade Ball dressed as a vampire." --	humor michael-carpenter	Jim Butcher
c8514c5	I still can't believe," Michael said, sotto voce, "that you came to the Vampires' Masquerade Ball dressed as a vampire."	humor michael-carpenter	Jim Butcher
2e9e6e2	I think that men ought to treat women like something other than weaker men with breasts.	harry-dresden humor	Jim Butcher
851810b	You know how confusing the whole good-evil concept is for me.	good good-and-evil humor morality	Jim Butcher
733878f	Ack!" I said. Fearless master of the witty dialogue, that's me."	humor wit	Jim Butcher
876af27	Smiling always seems to annoy people more than actually insulting them. Or maybe I just have an annoying smile.	humorous insulting smiling	Jim Butcher
f9ad8b8	In the action business, when you don't want to say you ran like a mouse, you call it 'taking cover.' It's more heroic.	heroism humor	Jim Butcher
2a95be0	There are things you can't walk away from. Not if you want to live with yourself afterward.	life	Jim Butcher

Are you always a smartass?' Nope. Sometimes I'm asleep.

Jim Butcher

f8a8d2e

Paranoid? Probably. But just because you're paranoid doesn't mean there isn't an invisible demon about to eat your face.

paranoia paranoid

Jim Butcher

d13fbeb

I don't care about whose DNA has recombined with whose. When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching--they are your family.

family friends friendship

Jim Butcher

1073735

Evil isn't the real threat to the world. Stupid is just as destructive as Evil, maybe more so, and it's a hell of a lot more common. What we really need is a crusade against Stupid. That might actually make a difference.

harry-dresden stupidity

Jim Butcher

417067f

Sure, we'd faced some things as children that a lot of kids don't. Sure, Justin had qualified for his Junior de Sade Badge in his teaching methods for dealing with pain. We still hadn't learned, though, that growing up is all about getting hurt. And then getting over it. You hurt. You recover. You move on. Odds are pretty good you're just going to get hurt again. But each time, you learn something. Each time, you come out of it a little str..

harry-dresden life pain wisdom

Jim Butcher

9f991b8

Life is a journey. Time is a river. The door is ajar

life metaphor zen

Jim Butcher

e094524

Laugh whenever you can. Keeps you from killing yourself when things are bad. That and vodka.

drinking harry-dresden laughter sanity sanya

Jim Butcher

fe6ce3b

Anger is just anger. It isn't good. It isn't bad. It just is. What you do with it is what matters. It's like anything else. You can use it to build or to destroy. You just have to make the choice." Constructive anger," the demon said, her voice dripping sarcasm. Also known as passion," I said quietly. "Passion has overthrown tyrants and freed prisoners and slaves. Passion has brought justice where there was savagery. Passion has created fr..

harry-dresden lasciel passion

Jim Butcher

549ffe6

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."

humor motivation optimism thomas-raith waldo-butters

Jim Butcher

e206dc6

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." --

humor motivation optimism thomas-raith waldo-butters

Jim Butcher

6d18dfe

There is a primal reassurance in being touched, in knowing that someone else, someone close to you, wants to be touching you. There is a bone-deep security that goes with the brush of a human hand, a silent, reflex-level affirmation that someone is near, that someone cares.

friendship harry-dresden

Jim Butcher

5c669b1

I had to smile at the man. I mean, you have to smile at idiots and children.

Jim Butcher

ab682b7

Sleep is God. Go worship.

Jim Butcher

4687742

We have now left Reason and Sanity Junction. Next stop, Looneyville.

harry-dresden humor insanity

Jim Butcher

8fbf55f

The human mind is not a terribly logical or consistent place.

people psychology sanity

Jim Butcher

b9b79cb

The building was on fire, and it wasn't my fault.

Jim Butcher

7922a6a

You're in America now," I said. "Our idea of diplomacy is showing up with a gun in one hand and a sandwich in the other and asking which you'd prefer."

diplomacy

Jim Butcher

ca83128

You backbiting, poisonous, treacherous, deceitful, wicked, girl. If this works I'll buy you a pony.

harry-dresden humor

Jim Butcher

9d9671b

What is the point of having free will if one cannot occasionally spit in the eye of destiny?

destiny johnnie-marcone

Jim Butcher

cba17ff

In the name of the Pizza Lord. Charge!

humor motivation

Jim Butcher

46ded28

If I need you I'll give you a signal.'

Jim Butcher

bbe1832

Have you ever felt despair? Absolute hopelessness? Have you ever stood in the darkness and known, deep in your heart, in your spirit, that it was never, ever going to get better? That something had been lost, forever, and that it wasn't coming back?

Jim Butcher

0ff0064

I died. I died and someone made a clerical error and I am in Heaven.

humor

jim butcher

ae9d377

The man once wrote: Tolkien had that one mostly right. I stepped forward, let the door bang closed, and snarled, "Fuck subtle."

harry-dresden humor subtlety tolkien

Jim Butcher

859b8cc

So. You get handed a holy sword by an archangel, told to go fight the forces of evil, and you somehow remain an atheist. Is that what you're saying?

harry-dresden humor sanya

Jim Butcher

6062531

Caring about someone isn't complicated. It isn't easy. But it isn't complicated, either. Kinda like lifting the engine block out of a car.

relationships

Jim Butcher

419e7ac

Star Trek?" I asked her. "Really?" "What?" she demanded, bending unnaturally black eyebrows together. "There are two kinds of people in the universe, Molly," I said. "Star Trek fans and Star Wars fans. This is shocking." She sniffed. "This is the post-nerd-closet world, Harry. It's okay to like both." "Blasphemy and lies," I said."

molly-carpenter nerds star-trek star-wars

Jim Butcher

eb871c5

Life would be unbearably dull if we had answers to all our questions.

life thomas-raith

Jim Butcher

734fbb4

Son. Everyone dies alone. That's what it is. It's a door. It's one person wide. When you go through it, you do it alone. But it doesn't mean you've got to be alone before you go through the door. And believe me, you aren't alone on the other side.

harry-dresden life

Jim Butcher

56b5dab

But the only way never to do the wrong thing is never to do anything.

harry-dresden inaction life molly-carpenter

Jim Butcher

afcab89

There are bad things in the world. There's no getting away from that. But that doesn't mean nothing can be done about them. You can't abandon life just because it's scary, and just because sometimes you get hurt.

Jim Butcher

303bb93

I let out a battle cry. Sure, a lot of people might have mistaken it for a sudden yelp of unmanly fear, but trust me. It was a battle cry.

humor

Jim Butcher

6d6be90

An is getting a tank of gas or picking up a carton of milk or something. It is getting chased by flying purple pyromaniac gorillas hurling incendiary poo!

errands incendiary-poo pyromaniac-gorillas

Jim Butcher

28bc19f

But there were some things I believed in. Some things I had faith in. And faith isn't about perfect attendance to services, or how much money you put on the little plate. It isn't about going skyclad to the Holy Rites, or meditating each day upon the divine

faith inspirational

Jim Butcher

7f48cec

But there were some things I believed in. Some things I had faith in. And faith isn't about perfect attendance to services, or how much money you put on the little plate. It isn't about going skyclad to the Holy Rites, or meditating each day upon the divine. Faith is about what you do. It's about aspiring to be better and nobler and kinder than you are. It's about making sacrifices for the good of others - even when there's not going to be..

inspirational

Jim Butcher

19e168e

Jobs are a part of life. Maybe you've heard of the concept. It's called work? See, what happens is that you suffer through doing annoying and humiliating things until you get paid not enough money. Like those Japanese game shows, only without all the glory.

thomas-raith work

Jim Butcher

bf76574

I still can't believe," Michael said, sotto voce, "that you came to the Vampires' Masquerade Ball dressed as a vampire." --

humor michael-carpenter

Jim Butcher

c8514c5

I still can't believe," Michael said, sotto voce, "that you came to the Vampires' Masquerade Ball dressed as a vampire."

humor michael-carpenter

Jim Butcher

2e9e6e2

I think that men ought to treat women like something other than weaker men with breasts.

harry-dresden humor

Jim Butcher

851810b

You know how confusing the whole good-evil concept is for me.

good good-and-evil humor morality

Jim Butcher

733878f

Ack!" I said. Fearless master of the witty dialogue, that's me."

humor wit

Jim Butcher

876af27

Smiling always seems to annoy people more than actually insulting them. Or maybe I just have an annoying smile.

humorous insulting smiling

Jim Butcher

f9ad8b8

In the action business, when you don't want to say you ran like a mouse, you call it 'taking cover.' It's more heroic.

heroism humor

Jim Butcher

2a95be0

There are things you can't walk away from. Not if you want to live with yourself afterward.

life

Jim Butcher