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
saving heroism world
Harry Dresden. Saving the world, one act of random destruction at a time.
perfect harry-dresden dresden
Nobody can be bad at everything. There’s no such thing as a perfect screwup.
mean dark potters
Honey, I liked the Harry Potter movies, too, but that doesn’t mean I ran out and got a Dark Mark tattooed onto my left forearm like you did.
night two shooting
Any time I’m not shooting my mouth off to a clichéd, two-bit creature of the night like you, it’s because I’m up to something.
ego littles now-and-then
A little humiliation and ego deflation, now and then, is good for apprentices. Mine sighed miserably.
fleeting life-is-precious fragile
Life is precious, fragile, fleeting - and Murphy's life was one of my favorites.
hurt scary abandon
You can't abandon life just because it's scary, and just because you get hurt.
eyebrows units murphy
Where is your unit?" Murphy asked. I wiggled my eyebrows at her. "Right where it's always been, dollface.
dark thinking promise
Whenever it gets too dark, think of the good things you have, the good times you've had. It will help. I promise.
book reading mean
I always considered myself a loner. I mean, not like a poor-me, Byron-esque, I-should-have-brought-a-swimming-buddy loner. I mean the sort of person who doesn’t feel too upset about the prospect of a weekend spent seeing no one, and reading good books on the couch. It wasn’t like I was a people hater or anything. I enjoyed activities and the company of friends. But they were a side dish. I always thought I would be happy without them.
shelter individual should
Mister Dresden is a diplomatically challenged individual. He should be in a shelter for the tactless.
mean sleep night
Fading light means more than just the end of another day. Night is when terrible things emerge from their sleep and seek soft flesh and hot blood.
dog order affair
You killed my dog! Get your affairs in order.
light path return
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.