"You know, I've only ever met a couple of girls like that?" Sparkle shrugged. "But yeah, it's really easy to talk about potential when you've got everything in your life up to that moment backing you up on whatever you want to do when you grow up. You don't have anything to push forward from, of course it's easy if you're already fucking there."

He sighed, and then tore off another piece of his sandwich.

"It's really easy to talk about potential when you've been told your entire life that you've got it. Anyone can grow up to be president, all that bullshit. Real life isn't always a Hallmark card."