Jim C. Hines Quotes

“What are you doing?” asked Nicola.
“Making sure I know what I’m doing.”
“Better late than never,” Lena murmured.

Keep your enemies close, but your friends closer. That way your friends are between you and your enemies.

Hey, I'm just playing devil's advocate."
"Since when did the devil need your help?

If books are indeed magic (and does anyone really believe otherwise?), then they are a collaborative magic between author and reader.

The royal children have skulls of granite, it’s true, but they come by that honestly.

You mean you just let him go?"
"What did you want me to do?" I snapped. "Castrate him on the spot? Execute him?"
"Both. Both is good.

Madmen in the noble line are as common as rat turds in the grain shed.

Damn, Boss. See, this is why everyone likes it better when you're away on your road trips."
"Don't call me Boss. Also, staff meeting upstairs in the Wheeler room in 30 minutes."
"That's cold, Boss. What did we do to deserve that?"
"Keep it up, and I'll make you sit through a PowerPoint presentation."
He raised his hands in surrender. "Cruel and unusual punishment.

The nice thing about people like Jellybean Man was that I knew exactly where I stood. There was no subtlety, no subterfuge or second-guessing. It was a refreshing change from talking to politicians.

He seemed to think that killing was something to be done only as a last resort. It was a strange philosophy, one that would take some getting used to.

The more we narrow the definition of beauty, the more beauty we shut out of our lives.

“What happened?”
“Nothing serious, as long as I’m careful.”
“You’re doomed,” she said.

Young Isaac had dreamed of fame.
Young Isaac was an idiot.

It's not going to come to that," I said.
"Nobody ever believes it will," so the driver. "That's why it does.

Do you remember the moment you first realize you were mortal? That no matter what happened, you would never live long enough to read every book you wanted to read? That you’d die having accomplished only a fraction of your goals?