“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.” ThinkingMightWantedFoundDifficultViewsCommonShareTradePoint Of ViewTechniqueCoffeeCupsCompareReasonablePassengersCoffee CupCommon Ground Book:Dearly Devoted Dexter Source: Dearly Devoted Dexter
“What to wear? I could think of no guidelines on what we were wearing this season to a party forced on you to celebrate an unwanted engagement that might turn into a violent confrontation with a vengeful maniac. Clearly brown shoes were out, but beyond that nothing really seemed de rigueur.” ThinkingMightTurnsPartySeasonsShoesViolentCelebrateBrownEngagementConfrontationUnwantedManiacsGuidelinesVengeful Author:Jeff Lindsay
“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.” WayWellsMightHappensMovingAcceptingCleanMessDepartmentUnfairComplaints Author:Jeff Lindsay
“It was always hard work to push through a crowed of reporters with the scent of blood in their nostrils. You might not think so, since on camera they appear to be brain-damaged wimps with severe eating disorders. But put them at a police barricade and a miraculous thing happens...The strength comes from some mysterious place-and somehow, when there is gore on the ground, these anorexic creatures can push their way through anything. Without mussing their hair, too.” ThinkingWayHardMightHappensBrainBloodHard WorkHairCreaturesEatingPoliceCamerasThings HappenMysteriousDisorderReportersScentSevereMiraculousGoreEating DisorderAnorexicsBarricadesWimps Author:Jeff Lindsay
“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.” ThinkingFeelsMatterMightWaitingCan DoPressureNo Matter What Book:Dearly Devoted Dexter Source: Dearly Devoted Dexter
“The students we saw were all bright, attractive, and polite, and the teachers all seemed to be smart and dedicated, and I began to appreciate the benefits of a private school education. If only I'd had the opportunity to attend a place like this, who knows what I might have become? Perhaps instead of a mere blood-spatter analyst who slunk away at night to kill without conscience, I could have become a doctor, or a physicist, or even a senator who slunk away at night to kill without conscience. It was terribly sad to think of all my wasted potential.” IfsThinkingKnowsMightSchoolNightOpportunitySawsTeacherBloodStudentsBenefitsSmartConscienceAppreciateDoctorsMereAttractiveDedicatedSenatorsPolitePhysicistBeing SmartAnalystsSchool EducationPrivate School Book:Dexter Is Delicious: Dexter Morgan (5) Source: Dexter Is Delicious: Dexter Morgan (5)
“...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.” IfsMightWaitingSidesCommonBehindsHalfDoorsCommon SenseFrightenedHidingConsidering Book:Darkly Dreaming Dexter Source: Darkly Dreaming Dexter
