#dex

I'm a very neat monster." ~Dexter Morgan ↗

— Jeff Lindsay

#dreams

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

#random #dreams

I let it ring. I wanted to breathe for a few minutes, and I could think of nothing that couldn't wait. Besides, I had paid almost $50 for an answering machine. Let it earn its keep. ↗

— Jeff Lindsay

#humor #dreams

Was insanity really easier to accept than unconsciousness? ↗

— Jeff Lindsay

#dexter #insanity #dreams

She looked up and ran her eyes over me, slowly, while I stood and wondered why. Had she forgotten what I looked like? But she finished with a big smile. She really did like me, the idiot. ↗

— Jeff Lindsay

#dreams

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

#dreams

The more I heard it in my thoughts, the more sense it made. And beyond sense, it became a kind of seductive mantra. ↗

— Jeff Lindsay

#dreams

When will you stop trying to educate me, I wonder? Never I hope. ↗

— David Nicholls

#education

Perry," he said quietly, his fingers trailing down the side of my face, "you'll never have to save my life. You gave me life. I never lived a single day until the first day I met you. ↗

— Karina Halle

#perry #experience

I was head over heels in love with her. No, that didn’t describe it. I was tear my fucking heart out and throw it at her, beg her to take it into hers. I was falling from the greatest heights with no safety net below. I was giving everything of my own life for hers, giving up every inch of my soul so she could wear it proudly. I was a former king on my knees in front of the queen. A jester begging for a chance. I was powerless, helpless and at her mercy. ↗

— Karina Halle

#experience