“The trouble about jumping was that if you didn't pick the right number of storeys, you might still be alive when you hit bottom.”

“He'd just called Shawn a bottom, though, and Shawn looked pissed. Call Remy a bottom and he would jump you and let you screw his brains out. Call Thiago a bottom and he would look at you for five minutes, shrug, and the go about his business. Call Nikolaus a bottom and he might cry. Call Brandt a bottom and you might get a blowjob, you might just get blown up. But call Shawn a bottom?Carl supposed he was about to find out what happened when you called Shawn a bottom.”

“Success is how high you bounce when you hit the bottom.”

“Pick a number between one to ten. Now, pick the number that you think I picked you to pick.
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“When you decide to hit rock bottom, humiliation is part of the deal.”

“The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit the bottom.”