I finally got Elena to a good place about being a vampire and you two idiots can’t stand that she’s happy because of me.

Damon Salvatore, The Vampire Diaries

The bond effects how you act, not how you feel.

Tyler Lockwood, The Vampire Diaries

I preferred my sister alive, rather than in small bloodless sections. Lovely, almost human of me. Now that was settled: What next?

Dexter Morgan, Darkly Dreaming Dexter

We all make jokes to hide our pain.

Dexter Morgan, Darkly Dreaming Dexter

I genuinely wouldn’t care if every human in the universe were suddenly to expire, with the possible exception of myself and maybe Deborah. Other people are less important to me than lawn furniture. I do not, as the shrinks put it so eloquently, have any sense of the reality of others.

Dexter Morgan

Every major city has a section like this one. If a piebald dwarf with advanced leprosy wants to have sex with a kangaroo and a teenage choir, he’ll find his way here and get a room.

Dexter Morgan, Darkly Dreaming Dexter

It’s like, everything really is two ways, the way we all pretend it is and the way it really is. And you already know that and it’s like a game for you.

Dexter Morgan, Darkly Dreaming Dexter

MOON. GLORIOUS MOON. FULL, FAT, REDDISH moon, the night as light as day, the moonlight flooding down across the land and bringing joy, joy, joy.

Dexter Morgan, Darkly Dreaming Dexter

I poked at the white paper bag. There was nothing left inside. Just like me: a clean crisp outside and nothing at all on the inside.

Dexter Morgan, Darkly Dreaming Dexter

I thought about the nice clothes that I always wore. Well of course I did. I took pride in being the best dressed monster in Dade County.

Dexter Morgan, Darkly Dreaming Dexter