Imposter Syndrome Quotes

“mean, people like the Menendez brothers get treated like political prisoners. And they point-blank murdered their parents,” she said, fuming.”
― Andrew Mayne, Imposter Syndrome

“Dumb question: Do the Mormons in this group go out on missions?” Jessica asked. “Are you asking if they proselytize and try to bring people into the fold? The answer is no. As I said, you look at the census data; it’s very clear. It’s a bunch of perverted old men who’ve been perpetuating a system for a century that benefits them and only them and victimizes the women around them,” Drayden explained.”
― Andrew Mayne, Imposter Syndrome

“If you look at census records and voter registrations, quite a lot. Officially, not at all. But when you walk around, you’re going to notice there are going to be a lot more women than men. I would say in the last ten or twenty years they’ve gotten a bit smarter about it; they wait till they’re eighteen. They encourage boys to join the military—and not come home,” said Drayden.”
― Andrew Mayne, Imposter Syndrome

“I know I’m going to sound naive,” Jessica said, “but it still shocks me every time I find people who wrap themselves in spirituality and act so reprehensibly.”
― Andrew Mayne, Imposter Syndrome

“Do you know why we had to invent RICO laws? Because you couldn’t prosecute the Mafia any other way. There are too many people in between. We have a justice system that’s based on giving firsthand testimony. But when the guy calling the shots and the person pulling the trigger are separated by several layers, that doesn’t work. We literally had to rewrite our legal system to go after people like that. And they weren’t particularly bright. They just sort of adapted,” Jessica replied.”
― Andrew Mayne, Imposter Syndrome

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― Andrew Mayne, Imposter Syndrome

“I think ‘cult’ works fine,” Treynor said. “The problem is that we should apply it in some places and not in others. If you ask me if I think the MS-13 gang is a cult, I would tell you yes. They have their own rituals, they have their own beliefs, they have special tattoos, they have magical thinking. And they certainly have tighter bonds than what they feel towards society, but we just use the word ‘gang.’ We’re at this point now in society where we call anybody who believes differently than us, any other group, a cult. So I just don’t think the word is useful anymore,” she explained.”
― Andrew Mayne, Imposter Syndrome

“That, in a nutshell, is my family’s motto. Land is where we store stuff we can’t fit on our boat.”
― Andrew Mayne, Imposter Syndrome

“carabiner”
― Andrew Mayne, Imposter Syndrome