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"The problem, Mister Mayor, is that people like me are the ones making the decisions. You want to make a difference? Put people like me out of work."

"He wants to buy my properties. It's a decision being made between two reasonably wealthy men. Well, one millionaire and one trust fund child. ... Know who isn't part of this conversation? The people living there. You know why? Most are supporting families at or below poverty level. Probably leveraged on credit. Probably on assistance. I don't know their personal stories. I'm not that kind of landlord."

"I don't have to know your life story, Lake. I judge a tree by the fruit it produces, and you are positively crawling with the king of lazy self-importance that makes me want to put your face through a plate glass window."

"I shook my head as I realized I was putting serious thought into cursing a man with a spell from the very book I was giving him. It was a dick move, but it was my best chance at dodging my fate. I would have to be an idiot not to try."
I have...no words. How does he flip-flop between staggering self-righteousness and statements like that?

So, Dorian, you really think you're the "suffer-in-silence martyr type"? You? Seriously?
Unreal.

"Your ex. She worked here, didn't she? You said she was a high-priced call girl. They have girls who work here, don't they?
I stiffened and simply nodded.
She sucked in a breath. "And you thought this would be a good idea?"
"It's weird, isn't it?"
"You brought me on our first official date to a bordello where you met your ex-girlfriend. Why would that be weird?"

"I was letting politics derail my search for my soul.
Or was it the other way around?"

"I knew this wasn't going to be the typical meeting with Julian Bright when, instead of the usual political organ-grinders at the campaign headquarters, I found a soccer mom duct taped to a chair, foaming at the mouth."