"When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching - they are your family."

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Source : Jim Butcher (2007). “Proven Guilty: A Novel Of the Dresden Files”, p.304, Penguin

Jim Butcher

#Family Quotes #People Quotes #Hell Quotes

“Point me out the happy man and I will point you out either egotism, selfishness, evil - or else an absolute ignorance.”
“I can make a better living as an actor than I can as a director. Though I certainly would prefer to be directing movies.”
“A Judge must bear in mind that when he tries a case he is himself on trial.”

Source : "The Special Laws" by Philo,
“You can rise above it. This country gives you opportunity if you want to take it, so don't blame your environment. I look down on people who use their environment as a crutch.”

Source : "Meltzer says he hears HHH and Vince got beef", rebrn.com. March 9, 2016.
“I don't think the summer is short. I would rather play hockey than work out in the gym. It would be tougher if summer was longer. You have your two or three weeks to take off. You have plenty of time to go back and see family and friends. I don't want summer to be any longer.”
“This is going to sound pretentious, but I like comedy that addresses something I find either worrisome or interesting in my life. I like Louis C.K.'s stuff or Bill Burr's stuff. I feel like there's comedy where someone will think of something that they think will work comedically, and then they reverse engineer that point of view so they can say that funny thing. The comedians I like, it could be an allusion, but it feels like their point of view comes first and then the jokes are a reflection of what they actually believe, or are frightened of, or are curious about, or are interested in.”
“In 1960 when Pittsburgh beat us in the World Series, we outscored them 55-27. It was the only time I think the better team lost. I was so disappointed I cried on the plane ride home.”
“The Mississippi River towns are comely, clean, well built, and pleasing to the eye, and cheering to the spirit. The Mississippi Valley is as reposeful as a dreamland, nothing worldly about it . . . nothing to hang a fret or a worry upon.”

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