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1 " If I'm going to pretend to be normal, I might as well commit to it fully. Nothing is more suspicious than something that's just a bit off. "
― Frank J. Fleming , Superego (Superego, #1)
2 " This is why I don't like being a hero; it complicates things to the point of ruining the simple pleasure of gunning people down in a shootout. "
3 " Why?" People love that question, but the answer is usually much less enlightening than they would think. "
4 " No matter how lazy or unmotivated a person is, if he feels his life is on the line, he will devote every available resource to not being killed. Civilization goes out the door, and pure survival kicks in. When people are that awake and that focused, they intrigue me. So you can say I have a job that brings out the best in people. "
5 " She then made a move on me, and I very nearly snapped her neck before I realized she was hugging me. "
6 " It was almost refreshing to talk to a politician—that meant I wasn’t the only one in the room pretending not to be a sociopath "
7 " So friends care about each other and their problems. That was something I’d have to remember to fake. "
8 " Anyway, I don’t know what your plans are, but we’re on our way to church, and the rest of our church would love to meet you and thank you for all you’ve done.” That was one of the most hellish proposals I’d ever heard, and I’ve had crime lords threaten to do all manner of nasty things to me. "
9 " Having to kill. That was an odd thought to me. Civilized people like to think they don’t have to kill, but I don’t know of any sentient species that didn’t evolve from predators. Hunting and killing are very difficult, much more so than fleeing death. They require complex instincts that eventually lead to the development of intelligence. In a way, all of man’s highest creations—from art to literature to science—only came about because of his basic need to kill. "
10 " No matter how lazy or unmotivated a person is, if he feels his life is on the line, he will devote every available resource to not being killed. Civilization goes out the door, and pure survival kicks in. "
11 " Children love pointless violence. Children are still animals who haven't quite yet learned they're supposed to be something else. "
12 " On the screen was the image of another creature of the same species, and admittedly able to judge by only a small sample, he seemed obese. That wasn’t necessarily a weakness—it could be a cultural thing. "
