Jim C. Hines Quotes

Every Porter was required to see a therapist on a regular basis. It seemed a wise precaution for people who routinely rewrote the laws of existence to suit their whims.

This is the worst excess of conjecture and wishful thinking," snapped Jackson. "We don't know if Isaac is capable of any of this."
"He believes he is," said Bi Wei.
"I once met a woman who believed she was abducted by aliens who looked like the Teletubbies," Jackson shot back. "That doesn't make it true.

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

I leaned closer and whispered, “a librarian’s gotta do what a librarian’s gotta do.”

Judge not, lest ye be punched in the face for being a self-righteous prick.

He hoped he hadn’t killed the guard. He had come here to help the goblins. Though eliminating some of the stupider guards might be construed as helping. He would have to think about that later.

In the words of a coworker, my give-a-shit gauge was stuck on Empty these days.

I’m told it’s very difficult to escape death once he adds your name to his list.

Magically speaking, dissociative identity disorder looks a lot like possession.

Don’t let your newfound title worry you. Having lived among goblins and their backstabbing, treacherous ways, you’re far better prepared for politics than most.

The mistakes of the past do not excuse the mistakes of the present.

You don’t do what’s right because you know it will work out. You do it because you know it’s right.

Change is a difficult, often violent process, both for individuals and for whole species. The more rapidly change, the uglier the conflict.

That's…that's magic."
"Pretty cool, isn't it? If I had more time, I'd tell you how it worked."
"He would," Lena said. "Even if you ask him to stop.

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?