There is an idea of a Patrick Bateman; some kind of abstraction. But there is no real me. Only an entity, something illusory. And though I can hide my cold gaze, and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours and maybe you can even sense our lifestyles are probably comparable…I simply am not there.
- American Psycho (2000)

SHERLOCK HOLMES: Look at that, Mrs. Hudson. Quiet, calm, peaceful…isn’t it hateful?
MRS. HUDSON: Oh, I’m sure something will turn up, Sherlock. A nice murder, that’ll cheer you up.
SHERLOCK HOLMES: Can’t come too soon.
- Sherlock (s01e03)

I don’t know how to thank you.
Thank God, not me. He wants us to survive. Well, that’s what we have to believe
- The Pianist (2002)

You were right. I had gotten so used to keeping myself at a safe distance from all these women and having the power that, that I didn’t know what it felt like when I actually fell for one of them…
- He’s Just Not That Into You (2009)

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