What is the point of having free will if one cannot occasionally spit in the eye of destiny?
Jim ButcherMy friend is going to save a little girl from monsters. I am going with him. That's what friends do.
Jim ButcherAs far as the Council is concerned, the U.S. Wardens are a bunch of mushrooms." "Eh?" "Kept in the dark and fed on bullshit.
Jim ButcherNay, but prithee, with sprinkles 'pon it instead," I said solemnly, "and frosting of white.
Jim ButcherGod isn't about making good things happen to you, or bad things happen to you. He's all about you making choices--exercising the gift of free will. God wants you to have good things and a good life, but He won't gift wrap them for you. You have to choose the actions that lead you to that life.
Jim Butcher