„Harry Dresden: You can never tell how someone is going to handle power — not until you hand it to them and see what they do with it.“

— Jim Butcher
„Harry Dresden: You don't explain to the janitorial staff how your company is a part of a sinister organization with goals of global infiltration and control. You just tell them to clean the floor.“
— Jim Butcher
„Harry Dresden: Dresden Taxidermy. You snuff it, we'll stuff it.“
— Jim Butcher
„Susan Rodriguez: Harry, have you ever heard of the paperless office?Harry Dresden: Yeah. It's like Bigfoot. Someone says he knows someone who saw him, but you don't ever actually see him yourself.“
— Jim Butcher
„Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do, and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.“
— George S. Patton
„Harry Dresden: You rush a miracle worker, you get lousy miracles!“
— Jim Butcher
„Johnny Marcone: Do you know what I think?Harry Dresden: You think we should shoot Nicodemus in the back at the first opportunity and let Michael dismember him.Marcone: Yes. I drew my gun.Harry Dresden: Okay.“
— Jim Butcher
„Here's how you can tell someone is your friend: A) You can tell them bad news, and they'll listen. B) You can tell them good news, and they'll help you celebrate.“
— Jordan Peterson
„Harry Dresden: But there were some things I believed in. Some things I had faith in. And faith isn’t about perfect attendance to services, or how much money you put on the little plate. It isn’t about going skyclad to the Holy Rites, or meditating each day upon the divine. Faith is about what you do. It’s about aspiring to be better and nobler and kinder than you are. It’s about making sacrifices for the good of others—even when there’s not going to be anyone telling you what a hero you are.“
— Jim Butcher
„Harry Dresden: Boobs are near the center of the universe, until you turn twenty-five or so. Which is also when young men’s auto insurance rates go down. This is not a coincidence.“
— Jim Butcher
„Harry Dresden: Tequila? Are you sure on that one? I thought the base for a love potion was supposed to be champagne.Bob: Champagne, tequila, what's the difference, so long as it'll lower her inhibitions?Harry Dresden: Uh, I'm thinking it's going to get us a, um, sleazier result.“
— Jim Butcher
„Its amazing waht you can get used to if your daily allowance of bizarre is high enough.'…… Harry Dresden“
— Jim Butcher
„Harry Dresden: Many things are not as they seem: The worst things in life never are.“
— Jim Butcher
„Harry Dresden: As a whole, people suck, but a person can be extraordinary.“
— Jim Butcher
„Harry Dresden: Paranoia is a survival trait when you run in my circles. It gives you something to do in your spare time, coming up with solutions to ridiculous problems that aren't ever going to happen. Except when one of them does, at which point you feel way too vindicated.“
— Jim Butcher