Jeff Lindsay quotes - page 2

Why bother inflicting enormous pain on yourself when sooner or later Life would certainly get around to doing it for you? (Jeff Lindsay)
And then more quiet, silence so deep it almost drowned out the roar of the night music that pounded away in my secret self. View quote
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For the first time I could remember, I felt weak, woozy and stupid- like a human-being. Like a very small and helpless human-being. View quote
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Me, feeling. What a concept. View quote
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Another dream. Another long-distance call on my phantom party line. No wonder i had steadfastly refused to have dreams for most of my life. So stupid; such pointless, obvious symbols. Totally uncontrollable anxiety soup, hateful, blatant nonsense. View quote
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you can't use logic on human behavior. View quote
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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. View quote
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Was insanity really easier to accept than unconsciousness? View quote
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... my conscience has the same hard reality as a unicorn. View quote
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I was filled with dread at the thought my mind had skipped town and left me behind to pay the rent." --Dexter. View quote
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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. (Jeff Lindsay)
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. View quote
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And I was having too much fun to stop now. View quote
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Getting yelled at by a furious woman should be a semi-formal occasion. View quote
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... 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. View quote
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I had killed our careful relationship by driving my tongue through its heart and pushing it off a cliff. View quote
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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. View quote
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It was such an unexpected and genuine smile that if I only had a soul I'm sure I would have felt quite guilty. View quote
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I mean, really: what kind of person could possibly dislike me? View quote
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Anybody can be charming if they don't mind faking it, saying all the stupid, obvious, nauseating things that a conscience keeps most people from saying. Happily, I don't have a conscience. I say them. View quote
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Feeling - what authentic human fun! (Jeff Lindsay)
Mutilated corpses with a chance of afternoon showers. I got dressed and went to work. View quote
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I think people understand things different when they get older. It's not a question of getting soft, or seeing things in the gray areas instead of black and white. I really believe I'm just understanding things different. Better. View quote
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A man who discovers his pants are on fire tends to have very little time to worry about somebody else's box of matches. View quote
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I stood up. It was all too much. I could not even meet my own expectations, and to be asked to deal with all theirs too was suffocating. View quote
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