Jeff Lindsay citations

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“I let it ring. I wanted to breathe for a few minutes, and I could think of nothing that couldn't wait. Besides, I had paid almost $50 for an answering machine. Let it earn its keep.”

“I had become a perfect fake human, saying the stupid and pointless things that humans say to each other all day long.”

“I don't know if you have noticed this, but it is quite possible for two human beings to have a conversation in which one or both parties involved has absolutely no idea what they're talking about.”

“As I've said, freedom is really an illusion. Anytime we think we have a real choice, it just means we haven't seen the shotgun aimed at our navel.”

“Was insanity really easier to accept than unconsciousness?”

“… my conscience has the same hard reality as a unicorn.”

“I was filled with dread at the thought my mind had skipped town and left me behind to pay the rent." --Dexter”

“That's why I liked him, I think. Another guy pretending to be human, just like me.”

“Since I am not actually a real human being, my emotional responses are generally limited to what I have learned to fake.”

“It happens; incompetence is rewarded more often than not.”

“Of course, having information to use is one thing. Knowing what it means and how to use it is a different
story.”

“It was almost enough to make me feel emotion.”

“But what could I do? Be stupid for a while? I wasn't sure I knew how, even after so many years of careful observation.”

“Detective, I don't know where the boyfriend is, really," I said. And it was true, considering tide, current, and the habits of marine scavengers. -Dexter”

“There is a simple, logical explanation,' I said to myself. And because you never know who else is listening, I added, 'And there is nothing under the bed.'" --Dexter”

“In its own way the kiss had been an act of murder.”

“The key to a happy life is to have accomplishments to be proud of and purpose to look forward to, and at the moment I had both. How wonderful it was to be me.”

“And I was having too much fun to stop now.”

“Getting yelled at by a furious woman should be a semi-formal occasion.”

“… she opened the door very slowly and carefully, half hiding behind it, as if badly frightened of what might be waiting for her on the other side. And considering that it was me waiting, this showed rare common sense.”

“I had killed our careful relationship by driving my tongue through its heart and pushing it off a cliff.”

“Saturday morning was their unrestricted television time, and they usually took advantage of it to watch a series of cartoon shows that would certainly have been impossible before the discovery of LSD.”

“It was such an unexpected and genuine smile that if I only had a soul I'm sure I would have felt quite guilty.”

“It's terrible to have to depend on someone else.”

“I mean, really: what kind of person could possibly dislike me?”

“Money to me had always been merely something the sheep used to show each other how wonderful they were.”

“We can't always do what we think we have to do. So when there's nothing else you can do, you wait… No matter what… pressure… you might feel.”