...I found Deborah waiting for me, slumped into my chair…

It revealed a cruelty that really made one wonder if the universe was such a good idea after all.

— Jeff Lindsay

“Rather than see me or have me touch it again, it died.”

— Jeff Lindsay

“We don't get to pick our kin. The best we can hope for is to survive them...”

— Jeff Lindsay

I was never more alive than when the Dark Passenger was driving.

— Jeff Lindsay

I had killed our careful relationship by driving my tongue through its heart and pushing it off a cliff.

— Jeff Lindsay

I had become a perfect fake human, saying the stupid and pointless things that humans say to each other all day long.

— Jeff Lindsay

“Deborah led me away from it and over to the far end of the room. “Dexter,” she said, “promise me you didn’t kill this…

— Jeff Lindsay

Detective, I don't know where the boyfriend is, really," I said. And it was true, considering tide, current, and the habits of marine scavengers.…

— Jeff Lindsay

“I came, I saw, I blew chunks.”

— Jeff Lindsay

And what did you do last night, Dexter? Oh, I played with my dolls while a friend chopped up my sister.

— Jeff Lindsay

In that tremendous flash of freedom, on my way to do The Thing for the first time, sanctioned by Almighty Harry, I receded, faded…

— Jeff Lindsay

“It would be much too difficult for anyone to get in and out of this area, especially if they were carrying questionable loads of…

— Jeff Lindsay

“I spent the rest of the workday on routine paperwork, snarling at misplaced files and seething at the stupidity of everyone else's report writing--when…

— Jeff Lindsay

After a long moment I closed the freezer door. I wanted to lie down and press my cheek against the cool linoleum. Instead I…

— Jeff Lindsay

I mean, really: what kind of person could possibly dislike me?

— Jeff Lindsay