Snake Oil Quotes

“Fair or not, your reputation has absorbed most of the damage. I believe it’s an open question whether you can carry on serving the company as CEO.”
― Kelsey Rae Dimberg, Snake Oil: A Razor-Sharp Literary Thriller About Three Women Vying for Power, Where the Cost of Ambition Might be Deadly

“That’s the unwritten rule, my dear. You were in the spotlight. You got all the glory. Now you take all the blame.”
― Kelsey Rae Dimberg, Snake Oil: A Razor-Sharp Literary Thriller About Three Women Vying for Power, Where the Cost of Ambition Might be Deadly

“Is that so? When we met, you were an arrogant girl drinking Coca-Cola in a cheap dress. Without me, you’d still be mixing essential oils in your bathroom.”
― Kelsey Rae Dimberg, Snake Oil: A Razor-Sharp Literary Thriller About Three Women Vying for Power, Where the Cost of Ambition Might be Deadly

“Already, she’s forgetting the fullness of the experience, reality as transcript of passing time. Already, in her mind, she’s revising the story. Grasping for the feel, not the facts. Transcendence is all that matters.”
― Kelsey Rae Dimberg, Snake Oil

“The past is only relevant in as much as it shapes the future. Not every story gets told.”
― Kelsey Rae Dimberg, Snake Oil

“Imagine if the industry titans of the past were subjected to the scrutiny and whining of Twitter. Rockefeller, Ford, Carnegie, Vanderbilt. Giants. It’s no secret that giants are nasty. They grind bones to make their bread.”
― Kelsey Rae Dimberg, Snake Oil

“Smile, they tell women. Smile! You’d look so pretty if you smiled. It makes me wonder whether men have any idea how much a woman can express with a smile. Happiness, occasionally. Irritation, impatience, disappointment, misery. Anger, fury, rage. Smiles absorb insults, combat come-ons, acknowledge moronic jokes, deflect questions that shouldn’t have been asked and won’t be answered. The queen chess piece would wear a smile as she sideswipes the king.”
― Kelsey Rae Dimberg, Snake Oil

“Women tend to prove themselves. Show their work. Men show their dreams. And that’s just more exciting, because it’s all hypothetical, it’s all possible.”
― Kelsey Rae Dimberg, Snake Oil

“A woman, wearing your coat, holding your key card. How does that happen?”
― Kelsey Rae Dimberg, Snake Oil: A Razor-Sharp Literary Thriller About Three Women Vying for Power, Where the Cost of Ambition Might be Deadly

“When your investors throw a party in your honor, you attend. You don’t drop off the face of the earth.”
― Kelsey Rae Dimberg, Snake Oil: A Razor-Sharp Literary Thriller About Three Women Vying for Power, Where the Cost of Ambition Might be Deadly

“I’ve never known anyone to get scolded for playing with matches and then bring gasoline to their apology.”
― Kelsey Rae Dimberg, Snake Oil: A Razor-Sharp Literary Thriller About Three Women Vying for Power, Where the Cost of Ambition Might be Deadly

“This is how great visions are corrupted, voluntarily and with enthusiasm, in the name of money.”
― Kelsey Rae Dimberg, Snake Oil: A Razor-Sharp Literary Thriller About Three Women Vying for Power, Where the Cost of Ambition Might be Deadly

“The Core Team and I will sacrifice an afternoon to pretending we’re interested in being therapists as well as bosses.”
― Kelsey Rae Dimberg, Snake Oil: A Razor-Sharp Literary Thriller About Three Women Vying for Power, Where the Cost of Ambition Might be Deadly

“What will you say? Will you admit that you shout at employees on a public forum? That you don’t like pregnant women?”
― Kelsey Rae Dimberg, Snake Oil: A Razor-Sharp Literary Thriller About Three Women Vying for Power, Where the Cost of Ambition Might be Deadly

“Wellness is a timeless concept that’s finally having its moment in the marketplace.”
― Kelsey Rae Dimberg, Snake Oil: A Razor-Sharp Literary Thriller About Three Women Vying for Power, Where the Cost of Ambition Might be Deadly

“They look years younger. Their bodies are loose and free, like they didn’t realize how heavy their loads were until they set them down.”
― Kelsey Rae Dimberg, Snake Oil: A Razor-Sharp Literary Thriller About Three Women Vying for Power, Where the Cost of Ambition Might be Deadly