Status Updates From The Fixer

"The subconscious mind has aims of its own."

"“How could someone like that become someone like, well, my dad?” But he knew what Antholis was going to say, and he dreaded it. “Look in the mirror, Rick,” Antholis said."

"You’re suggesting your father was a bag man?” “A fixer.” Pappas let the word hover in the air. “I believe the usual term for guys like him is expediter"🤔

"I mean, I get it. I totally get it. This is just, like, what happens when you grow up. You never end up where you thought you would."

"Her company’s motto was brilliantly stupid: “Simplify.” Maybe he should have paid more attention: When it came to their relationship, her “engagement strategy” had been to simplify him out of her life."