Lorraine Lyon Quotes

You want freedom with no responsibility? Son, there is only one person on Earth who gets that deal.[Lorraine Lyon]The president?[Roy Tillman]A baby.[Lorraine Lyon]

Write your own pulp fiction now that you’re an outlaw.[to Dot]

Women who apologize for things that aren’t their fault might as well have “welcome mat” written on their faces.[to Indira]

Well, that’s mighty Christian of you.[Roy Tillman]Oh, no. This has nothing to do with that book. It’s an older text, written on stone tablets in the Age of the Skull F***ers.[Lorraine Lyon]

The police. I mean, why do we need you? Except as a tool to keep a certain element in line. To separate those who have money, class, intellect from those who don’t. You’re gatekeepers, standing outside the walls, keeping the rabble from getting in. But in here, inside these walls, you have no function.

So, nobody tricked you into debt, or forced you into it. You went willingly. At least the animals in the zoo fight.[Lorraine Lyon]I’m not an animal.[Indira Olmstead]But you’re in the zoo. All of you. And every month, the interest rate goes up, the fees and fines. You tuck your kids in at night, never telling them that they’re in the cage, too, because, when you die, your debts become theirs. So, just know that, when you talk to me, you’re talking to the zookeeper.[Lorraine Lyon]

People who claim to be victims are the downfall of this country.

Now, honestly, what’s the point of being a billionaire if I can’t have somebody killed?

It’s funny how one’s tireless moralizing can become so tiring.[to Graves]

It starts as an itch. I want a new pair of shoes or maybe the minivan finally gives up the ghost. And just like that you’re in debt.

Everyone loves a lender, not so much the repo man.

Don’t feel bad. You’re not alone. Over 90% of American adults are debtors. In the red, living beyond their means. Kids waiting in the wings.[to Indira]