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JIM BUTCHER I put the ick in magic.
JIM BUTCHER Mister Dresden," he said. "And Miss Rodriguez, I believe. I didn't realize you were an art collector...
JIM BUTCHER My faith protects me. My Kevlar helps.
JIM BUTCHER I'm dealing with a lot of scary things. I think you have to react to them. And you either laugh at t...
JIM BUTCHER Sullen monosyllabism, a sure sign of sleep deprivation.
JIM BUTCHER It came charging toward me, several hundred pounds of angry-looking monster, and I did the only thin...
JIM BUTCHER There are things you can't walk away from. Not if you want to live with yourself afterward.
JIM BUTCHER You're such a cynic," Molly said.

"I think cynics are playful and cute.
JIM BUTCHER I swear to you, by my own stunning good looks and towering ego, that I am not lying to you.
JIM BUTCHER Journeyman stared at Grimm as though Grimm had just suggested that the engineer should prostitute hi...
JIM BUTCHER Gandalf never had this kind of problem.
He had exactly this problem, actually, standing in fro...
JIM BUTCHER I know how you feel," I said. "You run into something you totally don't get, and it's scary as hell....
JIM BUTCHER Knowledge is the ultimate weapon. It always has been.
JIM BUTCHER Isana laughed. "And you, lady? Are you a woman of conscience or of ambition?"
The lady smiled. ...
JIM BUTCHER It would require a singularly stupid man to go hang around in narrow tunnels and cramped spaces alon...
JIM BUTCHER There are old swordsmen and bold swordsmen. But few old, bold swordsmen.
JIM BUTCHER Coz," he said. "You really must learn to shut your mouth from time to time. You'll taste less shoe l...
JIM BUTCHER Honest. It's almost always best to go with honest. It means you never have to worry about getting yo...
JIM BUTCHER It is vital that we not be made to seem wholly helpless in the opening moments of the war. On...
JIM BUTCHER We consistently shot ourselves in the foot with turnovers and they took advantage of them. Northvill...
DENNY BUTCHER I felt great for the kids. It was a big win for them.
DENNY BUTCHER We got Boss into foul trouble early. Every time he caught it, we ran some double teams. We tried to ...
DENNY BUTCHER I thought we did a good job on him. It seemed like he got passive in the fourth, which was to our ad...
DENNY BUTCHER