I looked around the store and what I saw was not very encouraging. There were rows and rows of violent toys...aisle after aisle of training devices for recreational slaughter. No wonder our world was such a mean and violent place...if we teach children that killing is fun, can we really be surprised if now and then someone is smart enough to learn?

The faster it ran away from me. And I found myself reasoning that perhaps one more beer would unlock the doors of perception.

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

Getting yelled at by a furious woman should be treated as a semiformal occasion.

I did not like this feeling of having feelings.

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. -Dexter

The key to a happy life is to have accomplishments to be proud of and purpose to look forward to, and at the moment I had both. How wonderful it was to be me.