Out of Spite, Out of Mind Quotes

“One of the first lessons any modern person learns when they go to live in the distant past is that everyone, including the domestic servants, are much more hard-core than you will ever be.”
― Scott Meyer, Out of Spite, Out of Mind

“Shooting yourself in the foot has the same effect whether you do it to get out of the army or to kill a mosquito on your shoe.”
― Scott Meyer, Out of Spite, Out of Mind

“Okay,” Martin shouted. “So I’m meddling! I’m doing it for his own good. Isn’t that what friends do?” Jeff said, “In theory, absolutely not. In practice, yeah, usually.”
― Scott Meyer, Out of Spite, Out of Mind

“Once, Brit had been amazed that Steve Jobs would allow a product to ship with such an obvious aesthetic flaw, but in time, she realized that Steve Jobs didn’t consider anything that would cause a customer to want to buy a newer computer a flaw.”
― Scott Meyer, Out of Spite, Out of Mind

“the curtains were drawn just enough to let light in but send the message that the light was not welcome, and had better mind its manners.”
― Scott Meyer, Out of Spite, Out of Mind

“Jimmy said, “I’d rather you called me his greatest enemy, instead of his worst. Worst implies low quality. You could argue that Gary’s his worst enemy.” Phillip said, “Gary’s my friend.” “Which shows how bad at being an enemy he really is.”
― Scott Meyer, Out of Spite, Out of Mind

“jockeyed for position and craned their necks, trying to see into Gary’s home. One of the young men,”
― Scott Meyer, Out of Spite, Out of Mind

“I just figure if I’m meant to have it, I’ll have it.”
― Scott Meyer, Out of Spite, Out of Mind

“This sounds worse than when Martin made us sit through that four-hour version of Dune.”
― Scott Meyer, Out of Spite, Out of Mind