You're a cop. I need a doughnut.
Jim ButcherTags: humor stereotype dresden-files
There aren't any magical words, really. Words just hold the magic.
Jim ButcherTags: harry-dresden dresden-files grave-peril
Because nothing says flattery like a gun to the head.
Jim ButcherTags: humor dresden-files dresdenish
Stop," Kincaid said in a calm voice. "Unclench."
"Unclench what?" Murphy demanded.
"Unclench your ass."
"Excuse me?"
"You're going to trip the beam. You need another quarter inch. Relax."
"I am relaxed," Murphy growled.
"Oh," Kincaid said. "Damn, great ass then.
Tags: humor dresden-files
Bigots see something they expect and then they stop thinking about what is in front of them. It's probably how they got to be bigots in the first place.
Jim ButcherTags: bigotry dresden-files
[Mouse is] with us. The dog is a handicap-assist animal."
The kid lifted his eyebrows.
"My mouth is partially paralyzed," I said. "It makes it hard for me to read. He's here to help me with the big words. Tell me if I'm supposed to push or pull on doors, that kind of thing.
Tags: dogs dresden-files
Keep it up, wise guy. I'm always going to be taller than you once you're lying unconscious on the ground.
Jim ButcherTags: tough-lady short-people dresden-files
It's hard to think when someone's trying to kill you. We human beings aren't wired to be rational and creative when we know our lives are in danger of a swift and violent end. The body has definite ideas of which survival strategies it prefers to embrace, and those are generally limited to "rip threat to pieces" or "run like hell." No thinking need be involved, as far as our instincts are concerned.
Our instincts were a long time in the making, though, and the threats that can come after us now have outpaced them. You can't outrun a bullet, and you don't go hand-to-hand with a gunman unless you're certain you are about to die anyway. Speed and mindless aggression weren't going to keep me alive.
Tags: survival-instinct dresden-files
I ask people impertinent questions. Hopefully turning up pertinent answers.
Jim ButcherTags: questions curiosity dresden-files
You can be as sincere as hell and still be wrong.
Jim ButcherTags: sincerity dresden-files wrongness
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