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“Everything in our society”
― Jakob Kerr, Dead Money

“Men never have to make those choices,” Mackenzie said. “They cruise right through the system because they’re the ones that built it. We shouldn’t be fighting for a seat at their table. We should be flipping the goddamn thing over.”
― Jakob Kerr, Dead Money

“There’s no such thing as closure.” Danner raised his eyebrows. “Closure?” “It’s a bullshit concept,” Mackenzie said. “Invented by psychologists to indulge people who can’t move on. Everybody’s got shit in their past.” “Isn’t that the point, though? To confront the past, so you can move on from it?” “You can’t confront the past. It already happened. ‘Seeking closure’ is just an excuse to wallow in it.” Mackenzie settled back into her seat. “You want to move on from the past, you just do it. Move on. My mom always said, ‘You get one life. So get the hell on with it.”
― Jakob Kerr, Dead Money

“The sky was afire with undulating layers of tangerine orange, carousel pink, periwinkle blue.”
― Jakob Kerr, Dead Money

“Janine leaned forward, her voice quiet and resolute. “Our world isn’t built on fairness. It’s not built on right and wrong, hard work, smarts. It’s built on one thing and one thing only: ruthlessness. Our system rewards those who sacrifice. Those who are ruthless enough to give things up in pursuit of their goal. Give up their friends, give up their time, give up their ideas about the way they thought their life was supposed to go.”
― Jakob Kerr, Dead Money

“Pride, or insecurity. Two sides of the same coin. When a person actually knows what they’re doing, they don’t have to express it out loud.”
― Jakob Kerr, Dead Money