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This is a personal project by @dellsystem. I built this to help me retain information from the books I'm reading.

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7 years, 10 months ago

the clueless dupes of dramatic irony

_I always knew narrative was oppressive--narrowing things down to one or even a thousand perspectives is still an abridgment of infinity. I have real pity for fictional characters, the clueless dupes of dramatic irony--especially the female creations of male novelists, the Lolitas, Caddies, Bovarie…

—p.320 Private Citizens by Tony Tulathimutte
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7 years, 10 months ago

I did this for you

The crowd picked up again. She'd missed her window. I did this for you, she should have said, and if you're not enjoying yourselves, it's because you don't know how hard this was.

—p.313 by Tony Tulathimutte
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7 years, 10 months ago

legitimately disabled influencers topic/drift

"Power users! I don't just want uniques or impressions, eyeballs are cheap! I want young, cool, engaged, legitimately disabled influencers who'll bring in other active registered goddamn users!"She slapped her armrest and glowered at her glowering screen. "We only get one launch."

—p.277 by Tony Tulathimutte
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7 years, 10 months ago

everything must be a step toward metamorphosis

[...] He knows she's out to transgress, but she also has a puritanical streak that makes her wary of fun qua fun; everything must be a step toward metamorphosis. [...]

—p.261 by Tony Tulathimutte
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7 years, 10 months ago

a big scary wardrobe and hit Pilates every day archive/silicon-jest

She paused often to fight low blood sugar, and in lengthening blinks she dreamed of an afterlife in which the turfy fire blanket on her head was brushed out into a blade of satin and she had a big scary wardrobe and hit Pilates every day until she'd burned off the paradoxical melancholy of feeling …

—p.259 by Tony Tulathimutte