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

— Jim Butcher

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 sky clad 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 anyone telling you what a hero you are.

— Jim Butcher

But you'd get arguments from all kinds of people that the Bible has got to be perfect. That God would not permit such errors to be made in the Holy Word."" I thought God gave everyone free will. Which would presumably - and evidently - include the freedom to be incorrect when translating one language into another."" Stop making me think. I'm believing over here.

— Jim Butcher

Calliope was never still. Even when she was seemingly motionless, he could see her mind at work, sorting ideas, seeking solutions, cataloging the surrounding space. To see her beauty, one had to see her in motion.

— Jim Butcher

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.

— Jim Butcher

Children have their own kind of power. When you're teaching them, protecting them, you are more than you thought you could be. More understanding, more patient, more capable, more wise.

— Jim Butcher

Children run everywhere for a reason--it's fun. Grown-ups can forget that sometimes.

— Jim Butcher

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 you to fight or flee - and then following through on what you believe is the right thing to do.

— Jim Butcher

Death is just one more Path. Once you'll come to in time.

— Jim Butcher

Death is only frightening from the near side.

— Jim Butcher