Jeff Lindsay (writer) - Dearly Devoted Dexter (2005)

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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?

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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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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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A cheerful black shadow reared up behind him as he spoke, thundering a happy challenge to my Dark Passenger, which slid forward and bellowed back.

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What do you want a clock for? To find out what time it is, I said. I think that's the usual purpose.

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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.

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

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

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

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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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The faster it ran away from me. And I found myself reasoning that perhaps one more beer would unlock the doors of perception,

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And once again I found myself wondering, as I drifted off to stunned and unbelieving sleep:How do these terrible things always happen to me?

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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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I was never more alive than when the Dark Passenger was driving.

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