Jump into an open grave? What kind of idiot are you?" Butters replied. "I might as well put on a red shirt and volunteer for the away team. There's snow and ice and slippery mud down there. That's like asking for an ironically broken neck.
Jim ButcherI guess maybe you donโt get to be the Merlin of the White Council by saving up frequent-flier miles
Jim ButcherโIt isn't enough to stand up and fight darkness. You've got to stand apart from it, too. You've got to be different from it.
Jim ButcherNo one is an unjust villain in his own mind. Even - perhaps even especially those who are the worst of us. Some of the cruelest tyrants in history were motivated by noble ideals, or made choices they would call "hard but necessary" for the good of their nation. We're all the hero of our own story.
Jim Butcher