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Men could snarl or look angry with impunity; women had to smile serenely regardless of the provocation.
“Let them underestimate you. It’ll give you an advantage.” Lucy packed her charcoals and sketch pad into a shoulder bag. She stood abruptly and turned to me. “‘Pretend inferiority and encourage their arrogance.’ Sun Tzu, The Art of War.”
If I hadn’t met Vincent, then I wouldn’t have had a job at Stanhope. Some people took that sort of luck in their stride; they believed it had been written in the stars for them, that it was their destiny. Me, I felt as if I was a fraud, terrified that one day someone would figure out I was an impostor.
“Men never act grateful; we always complain,” said Sam. “It doesn’t matter how much we’re blown away by the amount, we always look disappointed. Like it’s a major financial blow. Like we’ve been screwed over royally. Women act grateful, and that’s a fatal mistake.”
“It’s the people who are too stupid to know how dumb they are who drag us all down. Take my advice, Sara. Don’t become one of them. There are winners and losers in this world. The winners are the one percent who get to live the dream. The losers are everyone else.”
She once told me that there were too many interesting things to learn about in this world to care about what other people thought.”
Sometimes I think that’s why he chose me—he liked the thought that I would have a debt of gratitude that would make me eternally loyal. That’s how strong men built their empires.
“Time doesn’t heal the pain. It just dulls it.
If something went wrong, we’d share the same fate. Death, after all, was the ultimate equalizer.
“Diamonds don’t make up for black eyes,”
My mother used to tell me that the best revenge is to live well. I couldn’t agree more.
