I need quiet and solitude to work. Darkness is best. If I am wide awake, I can't write. Jeff Lindsay More Quotes by Jeff Lindsay More Quotes From Jeff Lindsay 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, every single time. Like most of life, it's a no-win situation. And if you dare to mention it, no matter how creatively you phrase your complaints, you are shunned as a whiner. Jeff Lindsay winningjobspeople As I've said, freedom is really an illusion. Anytime we think we have a real choice, it just means we haven't seen the shotgun aimed at our navel. Jeff Lindsay realmeanthinking But of course, there's no rest for the wicked, which I certainly am; as I said, no rest for the wicked. Jeff Lindsay wickedcoursessaid Our universe is ruled by random whim, inhabited by people who laugh at logic. Jeff Lindsay logiclaughingpeople It happens; incompetence is rewarded more often than not. Jeff Lindsay incompetencehappens …a cheerful black shadow reared up behind him as he spoke, thundering a happy challenge to my Dark Passenger, which slid forward and bellowed back. Jeff Lindsay blackchallengesdark I was never more alive than when the Dark Passenger was driving. Jeff Lindsay drivingalivedark And I was having too much fun to stop now. Jeff Lindsay too-much-funtoo-muchfun And once again I found myself wondering, as I drifted off to stunned and unbelieving sleep:How do these terrible things always happen to me? Jeff Lindsay foundwondersleep And as always seems to happen when I have reached the point where I am ready to take decisive action, everything began to happen at once. Jeff Lindsay readyactionhappens They like to tell us that it is important to speak the truth, but it has been my experience that real happiness lies in having people tell you what you want to believe, usually not the same thing at all, and if you have to stub your toe on the truth later, so be it. Jeff Lindsay realbelievelying Now I know what it is like to feel like a total idiot. Jeff Lindsay idiotknowsfeels It really is better to be lucky than to be good. Jeff Lindsay be-goodlucky I looked around the store and what I saw was not very encouraging. There were rows and rows of violent toys...aisle after aisle of training devices for recreational slaughter. No wonder our world was such a mean and violent place...if we teach children that killing is fun, can we really be surprised if now and then someone is smart enough to learn? Jeff Lindsay smartfunchildren Money to me had always been merely something the sheep used to show each other how wonderful they were. Jeff Lindsay usedsheepwonderful Killing makes me feel good. Jeff Lindsay feel-goodkillingfeels I know family comes first, but shouldn't that mean after breakfast? Jeff Lindsay meanbreakfastfirsts She really did like me, the idiot. Jeff Lindsay like-meidiot A man who discovers his pants are on fire tends to have very little time to worry about somebody else's box of matches Jeff Lindsay philosophicalfiremen We can't always do what we think we have to do. So when there's nothing else you can do, you wait... No matter what... pressure... you might feel. Jeff Lindsay waitingmightthinking
