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Dearly Devoted Dexter

Name: Dearly Devoted Dexter
Author: Jeff Lindsay

Dearly Devoted Dexter is a crime/horror novel by Jeff Lindsay, the second in his series about psychopathic vigilante Dexter Morgan, which has been adapted into a television series. It is narrated by the title character.

“A man who discovers his pants are on fire tends to have very little time to worry about somebody else's box of matches”

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

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“I know family comes first, but shouldn't that mean after breakfast?”

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

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

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“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.”

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

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

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“you can’t use logic on human behavior.”

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“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.”

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“You're driving me NORMAL!”

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Dearly Devoted Dexter

“I often find myself in situations where it seems to me like everyone else has read the instruction book”

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