The Ultimate Question, part 275

“The man had a smooth voice, like velvet. “I’m Detective Inspector Me. Unusual name, I know. My family were incredibly narcissistic. I’m lucky I escaped with any degree of humility at all, to be honest, but then I’ve always managed to exceed expectations. You are Kenny Dunne, are you not?”
   “I am.”
   “Just a few questions for you, Mr Dunne. Or Kenny. Can I call you Kenny? I feel we’ve become friends these past few seconds. Can I call you Kenny?”
   “Sure,” Kenny said, slightly baffled.
   “Thank you. Thank you very much. It’s important you feel comfortable around me, Kenny. It’s important we build up a level of trust. That way I’ll catch you completely unprepared when I suddenly accuse you of murder.”

- Skulduggery Pleasant: Death Bringer by Derek Landy

The Ultimate Question, part 274

“Some stories wait their turn to be told, others just tap you on the shoulder and insist you tell them.”

- Michael Scott

The Ultimate Question, part 273

"If you want to know what love is, have a child. If you want to know what pain is, bury him."

- YO-YO BOING! by Giannina Braschi

The Ultimate Question, part 272

"You must learn to heed your senses. Humans use but a tiny percentage of theirs. They barely look, they rarely listen, they never smell, and they think that they can only experience feelings through their skin. But they talk, oh, do they talk."

- The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott

The Ultimate Question, part 271

Kutner: "God gave the Church and the kid free will. Their exercise of that free will hurt you, means you're just a victim of God's gift to mankind."
Daniel: "Oh yeah, God wants life to have meaning. Life's meaningless without free will. With free will, there's already suffering. So God wants suffering. I got tired of that argument before I even finished saying it."

- House (TV series)

The Ultimate Question, part 270

""What about you?" he (Tesseract) asked, his words not much more than a mumble. "Regrets?"
   "Many," Skulduggery said.
   Tesseract's breath rattled in his chest. "That's the good thing about living. You get to make up for
   past mistakes."
   "Or make brand-new ones.""

- Skulduggery Pleasant: Mortal Coil by Derek Landy

The Ultimate Question, part 269

"Religion is not the opiate of the masses; religion is the placebo of the masses."

- Dr. House in House (TV series)