“You think you’re paying your dollar for a chance at the $6.2 million jackpot on Saturday, but really you’re paying for the pleasure of the car ride home, deciding which credit card to pay off first and where your kid will suddenly be able to go to college.”

“Phaedra keeps saying she’s being selfish. That she hates herself for it, but she does it anyway. She can’t deny herself what she wants, even if it brings about her downfall and his.” “And have you learned anything from our literary parallel?” “Not really, I keep thinking that she would do it all over again if there were a chance…a chance that it could go right. Even if 99 times out of a 100 the story ends badly, it’s worth it if only once she gets a happy ending.”