Becca Fogg > Quotes

“Free will is a muscle that needs exercise, or it can atrophy into lulled compliance.”
― Becca Fogg, Duality

“Retail therapy,” I explained. “Noun. When you pay the money you’d spend on a therapist at the local outlet store. Results are strikingly similar.”
― Becca Fogg, Duality

“Long ago, I’d discovered there were three ways to get people to do what you wanted when it was, ahem, questionable—make it a statement (instead of a request), disguise what you’re asking, or make them want to bend the rules for you. Assert, adapt, or appeal. Like the three R’s, but for treachery. Or politics.”
― Becca Fogg, Duality

“Note to self: rail against consumerism later, after I’ve used up my card limit.”
― Becca Fogg, Duality