Kindle Notes & Highlights
Marek Okerlund
“A man’ll do what he wouldn’t otherwise, Karen, to protect his child.”
My coach used to say, in football, there are takers and protectors, and you’ll get the most applause for being a taker; in life, you should be a protector. Seems to me we’ve forgotten how to do that in this big country of ours; it’s all take.”
“Not all that long ago, people were laying down railroad tracks side by side, just to compete—forget common sense. Government had to step in. That’s what it’s for—set the ground rules and referee the game. Now all it does is step aside, like a drama queen lifting her skirts, afraid she’ll wade into the shit that keeps her in baubles.”
