“I could have lied. I could have fought. But desperate times call for desperate measures, so I took a chance and called upon a Gallagher Girl's weapon of last resort. I flirted”
“That if desperate times call for desperate measures, then I'm free to act as desperately as I wish.”
“desperate times call for desperate measures”
“Lying is manipulation. I prefer to call what I did ‘improvisation in times of desperation.”
“Desperate times call for hopeful measures.”
“The main thing I feel is a sense of relief. That I can give up this game. That the question of whether I can succeed in this venture has been answered, even if that answer is a resounding no. That if desperate times call for desperate measures, I am free to act as desperately as I want.”