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...being torn apart by far too many loyalties that could not possibly live together in the same brain.

Jeff Lindsay

Loyalty, Brain, Together

Jeff Lindsay (2005). “Darkly Dreaming Dexter”, p.181, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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But as I have noticed on more than one occaision, life itself is unfair, and there is no complaint department, so we might as well accept things the way they happen, clean up the mess, and move on.

Jeff Lindsay

Moving, Might, Way

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Mutilated corpses with a chance of afternoon showers. I got dressed and went to work.

Jeff Lindsay

Afternoon, Chance, Showers

"Darkly Dreaming Dexter". Book by Jeff Lindsay, Chapter 17, 2004.

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you can’t use logic on human behavior.

Jeff Lindsay

Use, Logic, Behavior

Jeff Lindsay (2005). “Dearly Devoted Dexter”, p.94, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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Have you noticed how difficult it is just to get along in the world? If you're no good at all in your job, people treat you badly and eventually you will be unemployed. And if you're a little better than competent, everyone expects miracles from you, every single time. Like most of life, it's a no-win situation. And if you dare to mention it, no matter how creatively you phrase your complaints, you are shunned as a whiner.

Jeff Lindsay

Jobs, Winning, People

Jeff Lindsay (2010). “Dexter Is Delicious: Dexter Morgan (5)”, p.27, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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It's always me, isn't it? I'm not really a very nice person, but for some reason it's always me that they come to with their problems.

Jeff Lindsay

Nice, Problem, Reason

Jeff Lindsay (2005). “Dearly Devoted Dexter”, p.120, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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What a terrible thing life can be.

Jeff Lindsay

Terrible, Terrible Things

Jeff Lindsay (2005). “Dearly Devoted Dexter”, p.79, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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And as always seems to happen when I have reached the point where I am ready to take decisive action, everything began to happen at once.

Jeff Lindsay

Action, Ready, Happens

Jeff Lindsay (2009). “Dexter by Design”, p.140, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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I'm quite sure more people fake an awful lot of everyday human contact. I just fake all of it." --Dexter

Jeff Lindsay

People, Fake, Everyday

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I am unlovable...I have tried to involve myself in other people, in relationships, and even - in my sillier moments - in love. But it doesn't work. Something in me is broken or missing and sooner or later the other person catches me Acting or one of Those Nights comes along.

Jeff Lindsay

Night, People, Broken

"Darkly Dreaming Dexter". Book by Jeff Lindsay, Chapter 5, 2004.

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

Jeff Lindsay

Thinking, Guy, Pretending

Jeff Lindsay (2005). “Darkly Dreaming Dexter”, p.20, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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Life teaches us that human thought almost never walks hand in hand with logic, and it is usually counterproductive to raise the point.

Jeff Lindsay

Hands, Logic, Teach

Jeff Lindsay (2013). “Dexter's Final Cut: Dexter Morgan (7)”, p.22, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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It’s like, everything really is two ways, the way we all pretend it is and the way it really is

Jeff Lindsay

Two, Way, Dexter Morgan

Jeff Lindsay (2005). “Darkly Dreaming Dexter”, p.54, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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

Jeff Lindsay

Kissing, Way, Murder

Jeff Lindsay (2005). “Darkly Dreaming Dexter”, p.105, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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The mind picks some very bad times to take a walk doesn't it?

Jeff Lindsay

Mind, Bad Times, Walks

Jeff Lindsay (2005). “Darkly Dreaming Dexter”, p.191, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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Was insanity really easier to accept than unconsciousness?

Jeff Lindsay

Insanity, Accepting, Easier

Jeff Lindsay (2005). “Darkly Dreaming Dexter”, p.149, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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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

Real, Emotional, Fake

Jeff Lindsay (2005). “Dearly Devoted Dexter”, p.14, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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They like to tell us that it is important to speak the truth, but it has been my experience that real happiness lies in having people tell you what you want to believe, usually not the same thing at all, and if you have to stub your toe on the truth later, so be it.

Jeff Lindsay

Real, Lying, Believe

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It happens; incompetence is rewarded more often than not.

Jeff Lindsay

Incompetence, Happens

Jeff Lindsay (2005). “Darkly Dreaming Dexter”, p.25, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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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.

Jeff Lindsay

Real, Mean, Thinking

Jeff Lindsay (2010). “Dexter Is Delicious: Dexter Morgan (5)”, p.387, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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It really is better to be lucky than to be good.

Jeff Lindsay

Lucky, Be Good

Jeff Lindsay (2005). “Dearly Devoted Dexter”, p.25, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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When faced with people who have very limited conversational skills and no apparent desire to cultivate any it's always easier to simply go along.

Jeff Lindsay

Skills, People, Desire

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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

Jeff Lindsay

Philosophical, Men, Fire

Jeff Lindsay (2005). “Dearly Devoted Dexter”, p.75, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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A man can take only so much. Even a phony man like me.

Jeff Lindsay

Men, Phony, Like Me

Jeff Lindsay (2005). “Darkly Dreaming Dexter”, p.106, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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But of course, there's no rest for the wicked, which I certainly am; as I said, no rest for the wicked.

Jeff Lindsay

Wicked, Said, Courses

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