The mind picks some very bad times to take a walk doesn't it?
Money to me had always been merely something the sheep used to show each other how wonderful they were.
Really now: If you can't get me my newspaper on time, how can you expect me to refrain from killing people?
But what could I do? Be stupid for a while? I wasn't sure I knew how, even after so many years of careful observation.
Why bother inflicting enormous pain on yourself when sooner or later Life would certainly get around to doing it for you?
I mean, really: what kind of person could possibly dislike me?
Of course it was a terrible thing, and the world would be a much better place without someone in it who could do that, but did that mean we had to miss lunch?
A man who discovers his pants are on fire tends to have very little time to worry about somebody else's box of matches
Or was he saying, "Hi! Wanna play?" And I did. Of course I did.
It's always me, isn't it? I'm not really a very nice person, but for some reason it's always me that they come to with their problems.
After a long moment I closed the freezer door. I wanted to lie down and press my cheek against the cool linoleum. Instead I reached out with my little finger and flipped the Barbie's head. It went thack thack against the door. I flipped it again. Tha...
I am unlovable...I have tried to involve myself in other people, in relationships, and even - in my sillier moments - in love. But it doesn't work. Something in me is broken or missing and sooner or later the other person catches me Acting or one of ...
It is a well-worn truth that cops grow callous, a cliché so tattered that it is even common on television. All cops face things every day that are so gruesome, brutal, and bizarre that no normal human being could deal with them on a daily basis and ...
It was such an unexpected and genuine smile that if I only had a soul I'm sure I would have felt quite guilty.
Saturday morning was their unrestricted television time, and they usually took advantage of it to watch a series of cartoon shows that would certainly have been impossible before the discovery of LSD.
I was good at being charming, one of my very few vanities.
Have you noticed how difficult it is just to get along in the world? If you're no good at all in your job, people treat you badly and eventually you will be unemployed. And if you're a little better than competent, everyone expects miracles from you,...
Life would certainly be easier if we all came equipped with our own personal FAQ lists. When we meet someone, we could pass them a business card with the list on the back, and then step back and let them read before we tried to talk.
A single moment spent in a business meeting or at a pub is more than enough to reveal the basic human truth that we are all faking it most of the time. We congratulate a rival on a triumph when actually we are choking on spite. We are cordial and att...
What my research told me is that a psychopath cannot change. You're born like that.
