The Con Artist Quotes

“Great art isn’t made of stitched together rainbows and kittens. It’s born of anger and despair and frustration.”
― Kitty Thomas, The Con Artist

“you have to stop painting what you think the world wants to see and start painting what you actually have to say.”
― Kitty Thomas, The Con Artist

“Quill had forged her in the fire of chains and whips and sex and slavery and prostitution and violation. And what had risen from the contorted dark wreckage had been a real artist who'd been made to feel so much it had to go somewhere. That somewhere was a canvas for the consumption of the masses.”
― Kitty Thomas, The Con Artist

“She clung to him, her soul eviscerated. She felt that only shattered ribbons of her being remained behind, barely enough to reconstruct a full person even if she wanted to.”
― Kitty Thomas, The Con Artist

“He was heartless and soulless. A fucking sociopath with pretty things.”
― Kitty Thomas, The Con Artist

“There were duplicates of much of the sex furniture from the gallery. Maybe he'd found a buy one get one free sale.”
― Kitty Thomas, The Con Artist

“The deep pleasant internal ache between her legs matched the sense of calm and stillness inside her brain. She felt like she'd been away for a week on a spa getaway. Or perhaps lobotomized. One of those.”
― Kitty Thomas, The Con Artist

“It probably wasn't listed on their yearly membership drive pamphlet. ... And if you donate ten million you can fuck in front of the art with the security cameras off.”
― Kitty Thomas, The Con Artist

“He laughed, and the tightly bound breath that had been stuck inside Saskia's chest came rushing out.
(so much better than typical line of "releasing breath didn't know she was holding)”
― Kitty Thomas, The Con Artist