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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.
The more I heard it in my thoughts, the
more sense it made. And beyond sense, it became a kind of seductive mantra.
more sense it made. And beyond sense, it became a kind of seductive mantra.
Why bother inflicting enormous pain on yourself when sooner or later Life would certainly get around to doing it for you?
But of course, there's no rest for the wicked, which I certainly am; as I said, no rest for the wicked.
I do as much as I can. I even drive through the chase scenes several times to make sure the details are right.
Of course, having information to use is one thing. Knowing what it means and how to use it is a different
story.
story.
We're predators; we don't eat meat because it's handy, we eat meat because we have a taste for blood.
Another huge new development was going up to improve life for all of us by turning trees and animals into cement and old people from New Jersey.
Aside from the fruit basket, the room was as empty as the inside of Dexter on the shelf marked SOUL.
Dex," she said. "Are you all right?"
"I'll be fine, Sis," I said, feeling somewhat light-headed, "if you'll just turn off that horrible music.
"I'll be fine, Sis," I said, feeling somewhat light-headed, "if you'll just turn off that horrible music.
This whole business of telling the truth just never seems to work without some kind of awkward unpleasantness.
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.
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?
If everyone else in the world were to mysteriously disappear, I would feel irritated about it only because there would be no one to make me doughnuts.
Whoever claimed honesty is the best policy, or even a good one, clearly had very limited experience with the real world.
But it is a truism of life that no matter how much we are suffering, nobody else cares - generally speaking, nobody even notices.
Quirky, funny, happy-go-lucky dead inside Dexter. No longer Dexter with the knife, Dexter the Avenger. Not until next time.
All is well," I said as soothingly as possible. "The Maginot Line is secured, the truce is agreed, and I have her promise not to invade Poland.
I found Deborah waiting for me, slumped into my chair and looking like the poster girl for the National Brooding Outrage Foundation.
Still, it's always nice to be around somebody who thinks I am wonderful. It confirms my low opinion of people.
What do you want a clock for?" "To find out what time it is," I said. "I think that's the usual purpose.
I don't do my job to catch the bad guys. Why would I want to do that? No, I do my job to make order out of chaos.
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.
Money to me had always been merely something the sheep used to show each other how wonderful they were.
Dexter-Land is a dark and scary place, and I couldn't live there permanently. To be honest, I don't think I even want to visit.
I was like a little boy playing war, yelling, Bang, bang! Gotcha!, and looking up to see a real Sherman tank rolling right at me. It
And as we should all know by now, anytime you predict failure you have an excellent chance of being right.
I really am guilty, of many somethings, all of them lethal and very enjoyable and technically not quite legal.
Still a monster, of course, but I cleaned up nicely afterwards, and I was OUR monster, dressed in red, white, and blue 100 percent synthetic virtue.
It was such an unexpected and genuine smile that if I only had a soul I'm sure I would have felt quite guilty.
Doakes had a first name! It was Albert - had anyone ever really called him that? Unthinkable. I had assumed his name was Sergeant.
And what did you do last night, Dexter? Oh, I played with my dolls while a friend chopped up my sister.
It was beautiful - in a terrible sort of way, of course. But still, the arrangement was perfect, compelling, beautifully bloodless.
That left either magical powers or coincidence, and although I have nothing at all against Harry Potter, coincidence got my vote.
I started my car and put Chase out of my mind as I nosed out into the merry brutality of Friday-night traffic in Miami.
I had killed our careful relationship by driving my tongue through its heart and pushing it off a cliff.
I was filled with dread at the thought my mind had skipped town and left me behind to pay the rent.
Dexter
Dexter
Deke looked at me anxiously, reminding me very much of a large and handsome dog who needs a stick to fetch.
Nothing else loves me, nor ever will. Not even - especially - me. I know what I am and that's not a thing to love.
Nothing in life is fair. Fair is a dirty word and I'll thank you not to use that language around me.
Since I am not actually a real human being, my emotional responses are generally limited to what I have learned to fake.
The faster it ran away from me. And I found myself reasoning that perhaps one more beer would unlock the doors of perception,