The most important thing for any con artist is never to think like a mark. Marks think they can get something for nothing. Marks think they can get what they donโt deserve and could never deserve. Marks are stupid and pathetic and sad. Marks think theyโre going to go home one night and have the girl theyโve loved since they were a kid suddenly love them back. Marks forget that whenever somethingโs too good to be true, thatโs because itโs a con.
Holly BlackThe funny thing about good peopleโpeople like Danecaโis that they really honestly donโt get the impulse toward evil. They have an incredibly hard time reconciling with the idea that a person who makes them smile can still be capable of terrible things. Which is why, although sheโs accusing me of being a murderer, she seems more annoyed than actually worried about getting murdered. Daneca seems to persist in a belief that if I would just listen and understand how bad my bad choices are, Iโd stop making them.
Holly Black