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"“Wasn’t he a serial killer?” McDermott asks suspiciously, then moans. “Don’t tell me he was another serial killer, Bateman. Not another serial killer.” “No, McDufus, he wasn’t a serial killer,” I say, turning back to Van Patten, but before continuing turn back to McDermott. “That really pisses me off.” “But you always bring them up,” McDermott complains. “And always in this casual, educational sort of way."" — Aug 19, 2026 09:00AM
"“Wasn’t he a serial killer?” McDermott asks suspiciously, then moans. “Don’t tell me he was another serial killer, Bateman. Not another serial killer.” “No, McDufus, he wasn’t a serial killer,” I say, turning back to Van Patten, but before continuing turn back to McDermott. “That really pisses me off.” “But you always bring them up,” McDermott complains. “And always in this casual, educational sort of way."" — Aug 19, 2026 09:00AM
“I should go home and get out of your hair.” “Shut your whore mouth.” She says in her India sweet way.
“The woman was down for kinky sex, knew how I liked my coffee, and was more than willing to aid in the murder of a rapist. What had I done to get so lucky?”
― Lights Out
― Lights Out
“Amongst my growing list of flaws is cowardice,” Pestilence says in the darkness. “I come to you now like a thief in the night, for I fear you’ll never listen to me under the light of day,” his voice is whisper soft, “and I must confess all the things in my heart.”
― Pestilence
― Pestilence
“I know many people enjoy your books, and surely they can’t all be wrong?”
― We Solve Murders
― We Solve Murders
“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Dune
― Dune
“Failure is a feeling long before it becomes an actual result”
― Becoming
― Becoming
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