#dresden

Life is full of toil, sacrifice, and pain, and from the time we stop growing, we know that we've begun dying. We watch helplessly as year by year, our bodies age and fail, while our survival instincts compel us to keep on going-which means living with the terrifying knowledge that ultimately death is inescapable. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#harry-dresden #life #age

Merlin had, according to legend, created the White Council of Wizards from the chaos of the fall of the Roman Empire. He plunged into the flames of the burning Library of Alexandria to save the most critical texts, helped engineer the Catholic Church as a vessel to preserve knowledge and culture during Europe's Dark Ages, and leapt tall cathedrals in a single bound. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#age

Something like this will test you like nothing else," Mac said. "You're going to find out who you are, Harry. You're going to find out which principles you'll stand by to your death--and which lines you'll cross." He took my empty glass away and said, "You're heading into the badlands. It'll be easy to get lost. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#mac-mcanally #principles #change

You can't plan for everything or you never get started in the first place. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#getting-started #planning #change

We're all so damned fragile. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#fragility #human-frailties #change

Sheep can befriend a hungry wolf only for briefly. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#dresden-files #change

Thomas took a slow breath. His silver eyes grew even brighter. It was creepy as hell and fascinating. "I was hoping you knew a good spot. I sure as hell can't take him to my place." Molly's voice sharpened. "I don't even have a place," she said. "I still live at my parents' house." "Less whining," Thomas said, his voice cool. "More telling me a place to take him where he won't be killed. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#change

There are things you can't walk away from. Not if you want to live with yourself afterward. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#life #death

It isn't good to hold on too hard to the past. You can't spend your whole life looking back. Not even when you can't see what lies ahead. All you can do is keep on keeping on, and try to believe that tomorrow will be what it should be—even if it isn't what you expected. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#life #death

It came charging toward me, several hundred pounds of angry-looking monster, and I did the only thing any reasonable wizard could have done. I turned around and ran like hell. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#humor #death