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21 " Or was this merely a riff on her unfortunate marriage? Her misfortune as part of his seduction? "
― Gary Shteyngart , Lake Success
22 " Mrs. Hayes looked decades behind her God-given years, too. The whole family was investment-grade. "
23 " These kids would already be in college by the time Trump left office. If he left office. No matter what they did or whom they became, Donald Trump would dominate at least a part of their lives. He would try to drag them down to his level. That's what he did. "
24 " ? “What’s up, wifey?” Mina said, grabbing her by the cheeks, then smacking her ass. Seema always felt better about being the child of immigrants when she hung out with Mina, her first-year roommate. The girl had no plans before, during, or after Michigan. She worked in graphic web design, which these days was simply a catchall category for anything not involving finance or escorting. Then again, her parents were so rich she didn’t even have to grow up Asian. "
25 " It was the one time in my life I did something without thinking it through. People like me, people like you, all we think about is consequences. Practically from the day we're born. And look at our fucking lives. "
26 " When things are tough with my family,” she said, “I like to watch Trump, because he just takes my mind off stuff. No matter what happens personally, there’s this much greater disaster taking place. "
27 " I like to watch Trump, because he just takes my mind off stuff. No matter what happens personally, there’s this much greater disaster taking place. "
28 " The night was warm and windy, a perfect Manhattan I-don’t-want-to-die kind of night, "
29 " She’s the most beautiful and smart woman I’ve ever met,” he liked to tell his friends after they had stopped loving each other. "