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Of course it was a terrible thing, and the world would be a much better place without someone in it who could do that, but did that mean we had to miss lunch?

Jeff Lindsay

Mean, Lunch, Missing

Jeff Lindsay (2005). “Dearly Devoted Dexter”, p.66, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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It took me a moment. I blinked, and suddenly it swam into focus and I had to frown very hard to keep myself from giggling out loud like the schoolgirl Deb had accused me of being. Because he had arranged the arms and legs in letters, and the letters spelled out a single small word: BOO. The three torsos were carefully arranged below the BOO in a quarter-circle, making a cute little Halloween smile. What a scamp.

Jeff Lindsay

Cute, Halloween, Circles

Jeff Lindsay (2005). “Darkly Dreaming Dexter”, p.170, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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And then more quiet, silence so deep it almost drowned out the roar of the night music that pounded away in my secret self.

Jeff Lindsay

Night, Self, Silence

Jeff Lindsay (2005). “Darkly Dreaming Dexter”, p.9, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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Because I am an inhuman monster, I tend to be logical.

Jeff Lindsay

Monsters, Logical, Inhuman

Jeff Lindsay (2005). “Dearly Devoted Dexter”, p.51, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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Feeling - what authentic human fun!

Jeff Lindsay

Fun, Feelings, Humans

Jeff Lindsay (2008). “Dexter in the Dark”, p.180, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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Rectory always sounded to me like a place where you would find a proctologist.

Jeff Lindsay

"Dexter in the Dark".

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After a long moment I closed the freezer door. I wanted to lie down and press my cheek against the cool linoleum. Instead I reached out with my little finger and flipped the Barbie's head. It went thack thack against the door. I flipped it again. Thack thack. Whee. I had a new hobby.

Jeff Lindsay

Lying, Doors, Long

Jeff Lindsay (2005). “Darkly Dreaming Dexter”, p.102, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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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.

Jeff Lindsay

Dream, Distance, Stupid

Jeff Lindsay (2005). “Darkly Dreaming Dexter”, p.121, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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And here I always thought morality was useless.

Jeff Lindsay

Useless, Morality

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

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It revealed a cruelty that really made one wonder if the universe was such a good idea after all.

Jeff Lindsay

Ideas, Wonder, Made

Jeff Lindsay (2005). “Dearly Devoted Dexter”, p.58, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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I was good at being charming, one of my very few vanities.

Jeff Lindsay

Vanity, Charming

Jeff Lindsay (2005). “Darkly Dreaming Dexter”, p.80, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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Or was he saying, "Hi! Wanna play?" And I did. Of course I did.

Jeff Lindsay

Play, Saying Hi, Courses

Jeff Lindsay (2005). “Darkly Dreaming Dexter”, p.103, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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In that tremendous flash of freedom, on my way to do The Thing for the first time, sanctioned by Almighty Harry, I receded, faded back into the scenery of my own dark self, whole the other me crouched and growled. I would do It at last, do what I had been created to do. And I did.

Jeff Lindsay

Dark, Self, Way

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I think that's nice, and if I could have feelings at all I would have them for Deb.

Jeff Lindsay

Nice, Thinking, Feelings

Jeff Lindsay (2005). “Darkly Dreaming Dexter”, p.17, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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Nothing else loves me, or ever will. Not even - especially - me. I know what I am and that is not a thing to love.

Jeff Lindsay

Knows

"Darkly Dreaming Dexter".

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I enjoyed watching good-looking idiots looking at each other. A great spectator sport.

Jeff Lindsay

Sports, Idiot, Looking Good

Jeff Lindsay (2005). “Darkly Dreaming Dexter”, p.51, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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The whole point of wearing a disguise was to be seen wearing her.

Jeff Lindsay

Disguise, Whole

Jeff Lindsay (2005). “Darkly Dreaming Dexter”, p.52, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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I waved to everybody. Some of them even waved back. They knew me, had seen me go by before, always cheerful, a big hello for everybody. He was such a nice man. Very friendly. I can’t believe he did those horrible things . . .

Jeff Lindsay

Nice, Believe, Men

Jeff Lindsay (2005). “Darkly Dreaming Dexter”, p.32, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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Why bother inflicting enormous pain on yourself when sooner or later Life would certainly get around to doing it for you?

Jeff Lindsay

Pain, Enormous, Bother

Jeff Lindsay (2009). “Dexter by Design”, p.17, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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And as we should all know by now, anytime you predict failure you have an excellent chance of being right.

Jeff Lindsay

Chance, Excellent, Should

Jeff Lindsay (2009). “Dexter by Design”, p.68, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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This was just no fun. I wanted my brain back.

Jeff Lindsay

Fun, Brain, Wanted

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For my part, my interest in Paris had faded away completely long ago when I learned that it was in France.

Jeff Lindsay

Long Ago, Paris, France

Jeff Lindsay (2008). “Dexter in the Dark”, p.9, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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It’s an odd term, 'girlfriend,' particularly for grown persons. And in practice it provides an even odder concept. Generally speaking, in adults it described a woman, not a girl, who was willing to provide sex, not friendship. In fact, from what I had observed it was quite possible for one to actively dislike one’s girlfriend, although of course true hatred is reserved for marriage.

Jeff Lindsay

Girl, Sex, Practice

Jeff Lindsay (2005). “Dearly Devoted Dexter”, p.37, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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Our universe is ruled by random whim, inhabited by people who laugh at logic.

Jeff Lindsay

People, Laughing, Logic

Jeff Lindsay (2008). “Dexter in the Dark”, p.72, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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A reasonable being might think that he and I could find some common ground; have a cup of coffee and compare our Passengers, exchange trade talk and chitchat about dismemberment techniques. But no: Doakes wanted me dead. And I found it difficult to share his point of view.

Jeff Lindsay

Coffee, Thinking, Views

Jeff Lindsay (2005). “Dearly Devoted Dexter”, p.6, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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