The married thing. Sometimes I look at it and feel like someone from a…

Jim Butcher
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The married thing. Sometimes I look at it and feel like someone from a Dickens novel, standing outside in the cold and staring in at Christmas dinner. Relationships hadn't ever really worked for me. I think it's had something to do with all the demons, ghosts, and human sacrifice. ✨ Jim Butcher (2008). Grave Peril: Book three of The Dresden Files, p.43, Penguin
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