333 Quotes by Jeff Lindsay

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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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    We even had dessert, which seemed to me to be pushing the distract-them-with-food ploy a little far, particularly since neither Deborah nor I was at all distracted. But it was quite good food, so it would have been barbaric of me to complain.

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    Nothing in life is fair. Fair is a dirty word and I’ll thank you not to use that language around me.

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    There are still very few laws against thinking, although I am sure they’re working hard on that in Washington.

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    Nothing else loves me, nor ever will. Not even – especially – me. I know what I am and that’s not a thing to love.

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    But here I was, a demon on vacation, attempting the ultimate sacrifice by giving up my powers and becoming human – and so a beer was just the thing for Dipsophobic Dexter.

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    As Deborah had so astutely pointed out, I was engaged and still didn’t get it.

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    Whatever made me the way I am left me hollow, empty inside, unable to feel. It doesn’t seem like a big deal. I’m quite sure most people fake an awful lot of everyday human contact. I just fake it all. I fake it very well, and the feelings are never there.

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