I don't do my job to catch the bad guys. Why would I want to do that? No, I do my job to make order out of chaos.

But as I have noticed on more than one occaision, life itself is unfair, and there is no complaint department, so we might as well accept things the way they happen, clean up the mess, and move on.

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

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.

A man who discovers his pants are on fire tends to have very little time to worry about somebody else's box of matches

What do you want a clock for?” “To find out what time it is,” I said. “I think that’s the usual purpose.

I'm quite sure more people fake an awful lot of everyday human contact. I just fake all of it." --Dexter