Euan Rellie

“Had it not been for that apartment and that sense of ambition that can only be born out of struggle, she wouldn’t be who she was today.”
― Lucy Sykes, The Knockoff

“Start a second act. This is New York City. If you don’t reinvent yourself, you get left behind.”
― Lucy Sykes, The Knockoff

“When Eve explained this aspect to Imogen, she had to stop herself from asking what exactly had happened to the floppy disk. She couldn’t remember the last time she had seen one and yet she didn’t understand exactly what had replaced it or when. The floppy disk was something she could wrap her head around. It was a tangible thing you could touch and smell, just like the pages of a magazine. The Internet and the tiny computers they worked on these days made less sense to her. You couldn’t touch the new Glossy.com—the app or digital”
― Lucy Sykes, The Knockoff

“An excerpt from “Recess Theory,” by Axelrod MacMurray: We need to be happy in order to be productive. We need to push the boundaries of the workplace and allow adults to tap into their inner child in order to maximize success and innovation. It is important for the adult employee to be given time to be social in an unstructured and creative way during the work day and it is incumbent upon managers to foster this. The focus of the play should not have a goal. Used properly in the workplace, an hour of playtime will ultimately increase your output exponentially.”
― Lucy Sykes, The Knockoff