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Jim Butcher Biography

Jim Butcher (born October 26, 1971) is an American author[Note 1] 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.

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

Balls, Believe, Dressed, Michael, Vampire, Vampires

It turns out that Molly wasn't her mother's daughter in that respect. Charity was like the MacGuyver of the kitchen. She could whip up a five-course meal for twelve from an egg, two spaghetti noodles, some household chemicals, and a stick of chewing gum. Molly. . . Molly once burned my egg. My boiled egg. I don't know how.

Chemicals, Daughter, Eggs, Meal, Mother

You can't abandon life just because it's scary, and just because you get hurt.

Abandon, Hurt, Scary

Because a sound tree doesn't have bad roots, Amara. No enterprise of greatness begins with treachery, with lying to the people who trust and love you

Amara, Greatness, Love You, Lying, Roots

But I don't understand God. I don't understand how he could see the way people treat one another, and not chalk up the whole human race as a bad idea.

Race, Ideas, People, Understand, God

This is what it look like when it WORKS?

Like, Look, Looks, Works

There are old swordsmen and bold swordsmen. But few old, bold swordsmen.

Bold, Old, Swordsman, Swordsmen

Thank God for wisecracks.

Dresden, God, Thank, Thank God, Wisecracks

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.

Joy, Living, Loss, Pain, Past, See

We're all so damned fragile.

Damned, Fragile

Just remember that you're on my list, Marcone. Soon as I get done with all the other evils in this town, you won't be the lesser of them anymore. " Marcone stared at me with half-lidded eyes and said, "Eek.

Anymore, Done, Evil, Eye, Remember, Said

Whatever you do, do it for love. If you keep to that, your path will never wander so far from the light that you can never return.

Light, Path, Return

Last year in the U. S. alone more than nine hundred thousand people were reported missing and not found. . . That's out of three hundred million, total population. That breaks down to about one person in three hundred and twenty-five vanishing. Every year. . . . Maybe it's a coincidence, but it's almost the same loss ratio experienced by herd animals on the African savannah to large predators.

Animal, Animals, Loss, Missing, Savannah, Years

Ah. Medieval-style ransom. ” Toot looked confused. “He did run some, but I stopped him, my lord. Like, just now. In front of you. Right over there. ” There were several conspicuous sounds behind me, the loudest from my apprentice, and I turned to eye everyone else. They were all either covering smiles or holding them back— poorly. “Hey, peanut gallery,” I said. “This isn’t as easy as I’m making it look. ” “You’re doing fine,” Karrin said, her eyes twinkling. I sighed. “Come on, Toot,” I said, and walked over to Hook.

Confused, Eye, Eyes, Making, Running, Sounds

When you die, do you want to feel ashamed of what you've done with your life? Feel ashamed of what your life meant?

Ashamed, Die, Done, Meant, Want

Anyway, my office is small - one room, but on the corner, with a couple of windows. The sign on the door reads, simply, HARRY DRESDEN, WIZARD. Just inside the door is a table, covered with pamphlets with titles like: Magic and You, and Why Witches Don't Sink Any Faster Than Anyone Else - a Wizard's Perspective. I wrote most of them. I think it's important for we practitioners of the Art to keep up a good public image. Anything to avoid another Inquisition.

Art, Couple, Thinking, Magic, Room

Wait. You work for me?" "I prefer to think of it as managing your incompetence.

Incompetence, Managing, Prefer, Thinking, Waiting, Work

Nay, but prithee, with sprinkles 'pon it instead," I said solemnly, "and frosting of white.

Instead, Pon, Said, Sprinkles, White

But I am dead certain--ba-dump-bump-ching--that I'm the first guy to lead an army of spirits in an assault from the spirit-world side. . . and had them start off screaming, "BOO!

Army, Bumps, Guy, Lead, Screaming

Maybe the Merlin was right. Maybe its better to look stupid but strong, than it is to look smart but weak, I don't know. I'm not sure I want to believe that the world stage bears that strong a resemblance to high school.

Look, Resemblance, Smart, Strong, Stupid

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