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1 " A lizard brain fired the gun that wounded you, but it was the combination of three brains that orchestrated the elaborate circumstances in which the trigger was pulled. Way back when, the Landlord believed a second brain would endow some of his lower life forms with the capacity for emotional connections. By adding the third brain, he probably planned on having his... higher forms empowered with the ability to not only think before acting, but to feel regret afterwards when their actions were wrong. But that’s not what happened, is it? "
― Richard Finney , Demon Days: Angel of Light
2 " She knew breaking up with Ethan was going to be a full-time job because being in a relationship with him had also been a full-time job. "
― Richard Finney ,
3 " Do you mind?” she asked.“Mind what?”“While you were looking in the mirror I couldn’t help myself and I began fantasizing about you. And I figured if I was going to continue to fantasize about you, the only polite thing to do was to ask your permission. So now I’m doing the polite thing again and asking, ‘do you mind?’”“No, Nina. I don’t mind at all.”Then she leaned down and kissed him. "
4 " Sometimes the hardest journeys are the ones that begin with little hope. But we need to take them anyway. "
5 " My father and I used to watch a ton of old horror movies when I was growing up. ’The Creature from the Black Lagoon‘ was one of my father’s favorites and he was very excited for me to see the film. But after the movie was over, I told him that I was kind of bored. I said to him, ‘I’m sorry, Daddy, but I saw the zipper in the back of the monster’s costume. From that point on, I was really never scared at all. The point I’m trying to make is that I don’t believe someone intentionally tipped off the target. And I maintain that no one made some horrendous mistake, which I’m now trying to cover up. I believe what really happened with the operation was that our target ended up seeing the zipper. Orlo Kharms realized something around him wasn’t… real. And he was able to avoid the trap we had laid out for him. "
― Richard Finney , Black Mariah: "A Calling"
6 " All I see is my father’s tax money being wasted on shooting satellite pictures of South America like you guys work for the Travel Channel.-- Todd Dooley (BLACK MARIAH - A Calling) "
7 " I’m now requesting you refrain from calling me this early in the morning, before I’ve had a chance to steel my defenses against hearing you utter the word ‘lizard.’”-- spoken by Dr. Jeri Asheer... to Chris Dixon. "
― Richard Finney
8 " I guess I should thank you for totally making my morning. It’s not every day a stranger notices my perspiration level.- Dr. Jeri Asher (BLACK MARIAH - A Calling) "
9 " She loves dogs. And in time, who knows, maybe she would even have ended up loving the type of dogs who eat other small dogs for lunch.-- Leslie McNeill "
10 " After everything I've been through, the last thing I'm going to apologize for is my paranoia. "
11 " I believe that on any trip to heaven, there are always detours through hell. "
12 " Oh God,” Jenna said, “will you shut up and kiss me before I change my mind? "
13 " When Carri died, I felt like I had lost everything, except my life, and my memories of her. Now I can’t even dream of her... "
14 " But I want to assure you, if it’s your last day on earth, even after 2,000 years, I strongly suggest you go for the Versace leaf halter dress. "
15 " Every second I stand here in your temperature-controlled cell,” Jenna said, “I’m forced to suck down the same recycled air that’s going through your nostrils, and that thought absolutely nauseates me. "
16 " Imagining you are going to die is all part of that third brain… the neo-cortex. That’s where the Landlord really screwed up. "
17 " In all your years as a priest, I’m sure you’ve been asked this many times: ‘Why does he do this if he loves us? Why does he shake down our homes? Destroy our cities? Let our children starve?’ They ask these questions, not because they are confused... but because they suspect the truth. And you share their suspicions. "
18 " Oh, I apologize, Padre. I said ‘you will see.’ I forgot that you can’t, in fact, see. So I apologize, but only for the slip of the tongue. Because you and I both know your infliction is something for which the Landlord alone is responsible. "
19 " Canis latrans,” Wolfenson finally remarked.Fincher furrowed his brow. “Latin for... barking dog?”“Yes, the coyote. They have a gift of making the howls of a few sound like the howls of the many.” He looked toward the roadblock of brick and mortar. “I believe that’s why the Landlord chose them as his messengers. "
20 " Carl, if your plan is to get us drunk so we’ll throw up the contents of the Black Pages, I urge you to give up that plan right now. And I also wouldn’t be betting the rent money that this document, your lame attempt at intimacy, or your embarrassing effort at looking profound will end up being game changers. "
