Captain's Fury Quotes

“I've never lost a duel to the death. Not one.”
― Jim Butcher, Captain's Fury

“Tavi grinned. "Are you with me?"
"The plan is insane," Ehren said. "YOU are insane." He looked around the inside of the tent. "I'll need some pants.”
― Jim Butcher, Captain's Fury

“I would hit you on the head with a rock and drag you away from this. But it would only shatter the rock.”
― Jim Butcher, Captain's Fury

“Living was a dangerous past-time, and often quite painful—but there was also such joy in living, such beauty, things that one would otherwise never see, never experience, never know. The risk of pain and loss was a part of living.”
― Jim Butcher, Captain's Fury

“Do you want your blood to stay where it is sochar-lar?"
Tavi lifted both eyebrows at the unfamiliar word, and glanced at Varg.
"Monkey," Varg supplied, in Aleran. "And male-child."
"He called me monkey boy?" Tavi asked.”
― Jim Butcher, Captain's Fury

“If I stay, they'll kill me... If I go, at least everything that wants me dead won't be taking it personally.”
― Jim Butcher, Captain's Fury

“Worry is fear in disguise. And fear will eat you from the inside out if you let it.”
― Jim Butcher, Captain's Fury

“The past was gone. Nothing could change what had already been. Looking back at it, letting its wounds fester, indulging in regret was just a different, slower way to die. The living moved forward.”
― Jim Butcher, Captain's Fury

“Crows," Maximus breathed. "Was that who I think it was?"
"Phrygiar Navaris," Tavi said, nodding.
"What was she doing here?" Max asked.
"Getting humiliated, mostly. Especially there at the end.”
― Jim Butcher, Captain's Fury

“You never get a straight answer from captains. You should know that by now.”
― Jim Butcher, Captain's Fury

“And you've got that look on your face again."
"I can't help it, "Ehren said. "You're about to walk to breakfast, arn't you, regardless of who is in the way?"
"Yes," Tavi said.
Ehren sighed. "Let's hear it."
Tavi told him the plan.
"That's insane," Ehren said.
"It could work."
"You arn't going to have anyone come along to bail you out this time," Ehren pointed out.
Tavi grinned. "Are you with me?"
"The plan is insane," Ehren said. "You are insane." He looked around inside the tent. "I'll need some pants.”
― Jim Butcher, Captain's Fury

“If you shoot, I will kill her before I die."
Yes," Kitai said in a patient tone. "Which is why I have not shot you. Yet.”
― Jim Butcher, Captain's Fury

“No story that juicy was going to stay secret for long.”
― Jim Butcher, Captain's Fury

“Life is not notable for its overabundance of certainty.”
― Jim Butcher, Captain's Fury

“Battles are fought in muddy fields, in burning towns, in treacherous forests, in unforgiving mountains, and on the blood-spattered stones of contested bridges, Tavi realized.

But battles are won within the minds and hearts of the soldiers fighting them. No force was defeated in battle until it believed that it was defeated. No force could be victorious unless it believed it could be victorious.

The First Aleran believed.

The Canim raiders weren't sure.”
― Jim Butcher, Captain's Fury

“Lady Aquitaine sighed. “Then it all hinges on Scipio. He has a rather irritating talent for impersonating a fulcrum.”
― Jim Butcher, Captain's Fury

“Very few people understand that swords aren’t dangerous, Tavi, nor hands nor arms, nor furies. Minds are dangerous. Wills are dangerous. You are heavily armed with both.”
― Jim Butcher, Captain's Fury

“Tavi spent an eternity in misery, longing for death to bring sweet release from the unrelenting torment. The others gathered at the side of his bunk on the ship, keeping a deathwatch over him.

"I don't see what all the drama is about," Demos said, his quiet voice filled with habitual disinterst. "He's seasick. It will pass."~Captain's Fury”
― Jim Butcher, Captain's Fury

“Living was a dangerous past-time, and often quite painful—but there was also such joy in living, such beauty, things that one would otherwise never see, never experience, never know. The risk of pain and loss was a part of living. It made everything else mean more; beauty was more pure, more bright, pleasure more full and complete, laughter deeper, more satisfying—and contentment more perfect, more peaceful.”
― Jim Butcher, Captain's Fury

“Worry is fear in disguise.”
― Jim Butcher, Captain's Fury

“Speak only to those who listen. Anything else is a waste of breath. The answers to your questions were there, if you listened for them.”
― Jim Butcher, Captain's Fury

“Your death doesn't belong to me. We flipped a coin. I lost.”
― Jim Butcher, Captain's Fury

“The deepest joys and most terrible wounds were both to be had from family. The”
― Jim Butcher, Captain's Fury

“It is the nature of life. Something unexpected happens. Something goes wrong, and the plan must change.”
― Jim Butcher, Captain's Fury

“are dangerous. Wills are dangerous. You are heavily armed with both.” Tavi”
― Jim Butcher, Captain's Fury

“and to my dog, without whom I would not be reminded daily that I am essentially little more than a ridiculous human being who has somehow swindled somebody into paying me to write down conversations with my imaginary friends.”
― Jim Butcher, Captain's Fury

“Tavi grinned. ‘Are you with me?’ ‘The plan is insane,’ Ehren said. ‘You are insane.’ He looked around the inside of the tent. ‘I’ll need some pants.”
― Jim Butcher, Captain's Fury

“He smiled crookedly. “I’ve never lost a duel to the death. Not one.”
― Jim Butcher, Captain's Fury

“The past was gone. Nothing could change what had already been. Looking back at it, letting its wounds fester, indulging in regret was just a different, slower way to die. The living moved forward”
― Jim Butcher, Captain's Fury

“If I step away from her, what is to prevent you from killing me?” “Your death doesn’t belong to me,” Kitai said. “We flipped a coin. I lost.”
― Jim Butcher, Captain's Fury