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> [“Any given room, behind any given door, someone else’s life was on fire. Not the life lived at home, not the cable-and-bed-by-9: 00-p.m. life, waiting around to die. The hotel life: boundless, foreign, debaucherous, freshly laundered, exploratory, scantily clad, imaginative,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-tomsky/any-given-room-behind-any-given-door-someone-else-s-life-was-on-fire/)

[Jacob Tomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-tomsky/)

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## More by Jacob Tomsky

> [“Any given room, behind any given door, someone else’s life was on fire. Not the life lived at home, not the cable-and-bed-by-9: 00-p.m. life,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-tomsky/any-given-room-behind-any-given-door-someone-else-s-life-was-on-fire/)

[Jacob Tomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-tomsky/)

> [Skype seems the best maybe, as international phone rates are silly. And service is service, that's definitely true. Any time there are two people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-tomsky/skype-seems-the-best-maybe-as-international-phone-rates-are-silly-and/)

[Jacob Tomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-tomsky/)

> [I am very pro-union and very anti-authority by nature, so by showing the housekeepers and valets, I was being loyal to those people -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-tomsky/i-am-very-pro-union-and-very-anti-authority-by-nature-so-by-showing/)

[Jacob Tomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-tomsky/)

> [“Service is not about being up-front and honest. Service is about minimizing negatives and creating the illusion of perfection. Here’s how it’s done: Lie.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-tomsky/service-is-not-about-being-up-front-and-honest-service-is-about/)

[Jacob Tomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-tomsky/)

> [“People don’t expect crazy quality from front desk agents at 3: 00 a.m. They just expect them not to be totally crazy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-tomsky/people-don-t-expect-crazy-quality-from-front-desk-agents-at-3-00-a-m/)

[Jacob Tomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-tomsky/)

> [“I began to consider, upon the thought of "permanently" relocating, everything New York had made me. When I arrived, I was like a half-carved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-tomsky/i-began-to-consider-upon-the-thought-of-permanently-relocating/)

[Jacob Tomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-tomsky/)

> [“New Orleans, the storm, Perry, the river: they all reminded me not to take anything for granted. It all washes away, and we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-tomsky/new-orleans-the-storm-perry-the-river-they-all-reminded-me-not-to/)

[Jacob Tomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-tomsky/)

> [“Want to know what people are really like? What their strange habits are? How they treat people when no one they deem important is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-tomsky/want-to-know-what-people-are-really-like-what-their-strange-habits/)

[Jacob Tomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-tomsky/)

> [“My degree was garbage stuffed inside a trash can of student loans.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-tomsky/my-degree-was-garbage-stuffed-inside-a-trash-can-of-student-loans/)

[Jacob Tomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-tomsky/)

> [“Need to cancel the day of arrival with no penalty? No problem. Maybe you just want to be treated with care and respect? I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-tomsky/need-to-cancel-the-day-of-arrival-with-no-penalty-no-problem-maybe/)

[Jacob Tomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-tomsky/)

> [“Never, ever will the hotel accuse you of lying. That is the absolute last stance hotel management wants to take.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-tomsky/never-ever-will-the-hotel-accuse-you-of-lying-that-is-the-absolute/)

[Jacob Tomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-tomsky/)

> [I have been a voracious reader for years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-tomsky/i-have-been-a-voracious-reader-for-years/)

[Jacob Tomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-tomsky/)

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