“Anna looked at the soul of New York and recognized that if you distract people with shiny objects, with large wads of cash, with the indicia of wealth, if you show them the money, they will be virtually unable to see anything else. And the thing was: It was so easy.”— Jessica Pressler, thecut.com
“You set me up,' I say. 'One big con. You can't blame me because I turned out not to be gullible enough. You can't blame the mark. That's not how it works. Have some respect for the nature of the game.”— Holly Black, amazon.com
“Marks forget that whenever something's too good to be true, that's because it's a con.”— Holly Black, amazon.com
“You take the shape of Everything that I'm drawn to But your eyes Are dead and red, red as rust”— MILCK, open.spotify.com