# Quote — Jim C. Hines, Codex Born

> I wanted to bring the author back from the grave purely so Lena, Nidhi, and I could take turns punching him in the face.

- Author: [Jim C. Hines](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jim-c-hines.md)
- Book: [Codex Born](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jim-c-hines/codex-born.md)
- Page: 257
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jim_C._Hines#Codex_Born_(2013)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/jim-c-hines/codex-born/i-wanted-to-bring

## More from this book

> 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?

p. 105 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jim-c-hines/codex-born/do-you-remember.md)

> 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.

p. 41 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jim-c-hines/codex-born/every-porter-was.md)

> Copper River was a small, tightly knit town. If gossip was a competitive sport, we’d have been sending teams to the Olympics and bringing back gold.

p. 286 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jim-c-hines/codex-born/copper-river-was.md)