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

Killing makes me feel good.

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

It was clear to me that it wouldn't matter what I did - they would never truly appreciate me or learn what I had to offer. They were far beyond fickle - they were insensible, like kittens,predatory little things, distracted by the first bit of string or shiny bauble that rolled across the floor, and nothing I could ever say or do could possibly make any kind of dent in their willful ignorance.

Dying makes everyone weaker, subject to painful insight, and not always insight into any kind of special truth - it's just the approaching end that makes people want to believe they are seeing something in the line of a great revelation.

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.

Our universe is ruled by random whim, inhabited by people who laugh at logic.