Confident Women Quotes

“She was always running away from the storm. Or maybe she was the storm.”
― Tori Telfer, Confident Women: Swindlers, Grifters, and Shapeshifters of the Feminine Persuasion – A Darkly Humorous True Crime History of Female Con Artists

“Their pain was not her pain. She answered only to herself.”
― Tori Telfer, Confident Women: Swindlers, Grifters, and Shapeshifters of the Feminine Persuasion – A Darkly Humorous True Crime History of Female Con Artists

“The only person she answers to is herself. Isn't it shocking, that sort of naked selfishness? And doesn't it sound sort of delicious?”
― Tori Telfer, Confident Women: Swindlers, Grifters, and Shapeshifters of the Feminine Persuasion – A Darkly Humorous True Crime History of Female Con Artists

“She thrived on chaos, [...] she'd create chaos, just to revel in the noise.”
― Tori Telfer, Confident Women: Swindlers, Grifters, and Shapeshifters of the Feminine Persuasion – A Darkly Humorous True Crime History of Female Con Artists

“But her inner life was plagued with magic and fear.”
― Tori Telfer, Confident Women: Swindlers, Grifters, and Shapeshifters of the Feminine Persuasion – A Darkly Humorous True Crime History of Female Con Artists

“desire made people defenseless. Desire was a crack in the armor.”
― Tori Telfer, Confident Women: Swindlers, Grifters, and Shapeshifters of the Feminine Persuasion – A Darkly Humorous True Crime History of Female Con Artists

“Let’s let her in, hear what she has to say.”
― Tori Telfer, Confident Women: Swindlers, Grifters, and Shapeshifters of the Feminine Persuasion – A Darkly Humorous True Crime History of Female Con Artists

“If you meet her, you will like her. The con woman's likability is the single most tool she has, sharp as a chef's knife and fake as a theatre mask. Without her likability, she would be nothing. If you like her—and you will like her—then her work will be so much easier. It'll all be over quickly. You'll hardly feel a thing.”
― Tori Telfer, Confident Women: Swindlers, Grifters, and Shapeshifters of the Feminine Persuasion – A Darkly Humorous True Crime History of Female Con Artists