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101 " It was Diane who’d first suggested Sam was not just a drug addict, but that her attitude to love and relationships might need exploration too. ‘I’m curious,’ the therapist had asked during one of their early sessions. ‘Why do you feel the need to have sex with every man who will have you? "
― Louise O'Neill , Idol
102 " It’s an important subject, you always said that. You were the one who was out there fundraising for Planned Parenthood, weren’t you?’ Sam said. Lisa’s face hardened so she quickly added, ‘I was super jetlagged when I gave that interview. I wasn’t thinking. But I would never have used any names.’ ‘Just initials, I suppose. "
103 " You got Josh,’ Sam said. ‘You got everything I ever wanted, and you have the audacity to sit there and talk to me about being sad? You think I haven’t been sad? You think what happened didn’t affect me? "
104 " Like, it’s so easy for the two of you to forget while I’m broken by it. It’s not fair. I’m done, do you hear me?’ She put her hands on the back of her head. ‘I’m done with this. "
105 " And I made myself into this. I made myself a fucking idol for millions of women around the world. They’ll do anything I tell them to do, anything. I fucking own them. And I’m telling you now, you’re not taking that away from me. Do you hear me? "
106 " I was drunk on the night Samantha Miller refers to in her essay and incapable of giving any kind of meaningful consent. And what do we call it when one person isn’t capable of giving consent? That’s right, ladies and gentlemen … It’s sexual assault. "
107 " Queen of the Woke Brigade’ being torn down by her own disciples (I love watching the left eat their own, its fucking hilarious). "
108 " I have a sixteen-year-old granddaughter,’ he said. ‘She sends me things to read, including the aforementioned Reddit post. In fact, I think it’s fair to say Bella is the reason we’re all here today.’ He raised an eyebrow at her. ‘Would we have heard about this from you otherwise? "
109 " People saying Sam’s not a doctor or a therapist and it’s dangerous for her to behave like she is. There’s been particular concern about her neural pathway work "
110 " He has a point,’ agreed Scott, the equity analyst who seemed to have sweat stains on his shirt, no matter what the weather. ‘You didn’t stop to think that maybe we’ve seen similar shit in our time? We’ve been at this a lot longer than you, girls. We would have handled this quickly, quietly, and we would have made it go away. "
111 " Teddy coughed and the other men fell silent. He was the richest person on the board and therefore the most powerful, the hierarchy of male dominance asserted in some unspoken way. "
112 " Why did Lisa get to have the perfect family and Sam did not? How was that fair? "