I looked up the quote and it seems like it was fornicates though I remember it being fucks. I didn't do a ton of research to verify it though. i remember it as "if it fucks, floats or flies; rent" but I lost the book so I can't look it up easily.

I remember reading "fornicates" as well when I read the book. While I'm not able to find a direct online source to the quote, I did stumble upon this old HN thread where multiple people quote the same thing: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=680645 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=680633 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=681167

Many people don't strive to be trashy all the time, and that reddit style encouragement to always push the trashy envelope isn't always cute!