Patrick Bateman

"I'm still alive, somewhere, I think."

"Cocaine's a hell of a drug."

"I don't want to be identified."

"The past doesn't matter; only the present and the future."

"I admire your very modern approach to business."

"Sometimes I think I'm not going to wake up from this nightmare."

"All I really want is peace and quiet."

"I'm good-looking, powerful, and intelligent."

"My nightly bloodlust and my daily routine coexist peacefully."

"I'm not sure if I'll ever know what love truly is."

"Everything I say is meaningless."

"I want to leave, I want to get away from here."

"I'm in control, or at least I pretend to be."

"The most important thing in life is business."

"I have an overwhelming urge to do something."

"I'm trying to prove something—but I'm not sure what."

"Feeding time."

"I deserve this office; I'm better than everyone here."

"I have no interest in genuine human connection."

"The 1980s represent the apex of human civilization."

"I'm living for the moment, even though the moment is meaningless."

"My diary is a chronicle of my descent into madness."

"I could have been anything—but I'm nothing."

"Flattery is the universal currency."

"I don't feel pleasure from normal things."

"I want to feel something real."

"Success means nothing if you can't enjoy it."

"I'm trapped in a shell of my own making."

"I could never hurt anyone; I don't have the capacity."

"I worship at the altar of success and perfection."