Cultural References Quotes

“On the topic of cultural exposition, she’s written that she doesn’t “see the need to move the text closer to the reader, when the reader has Google, and is perfectly capable of moving closer to the text.”
― R.F. Kuang, Yellowface

“She was missing more references than usual. White ignorant folk like me, she thought, we're the immigrants today.”
― Gary Shteyngart, Our Country Friends

“Also, I can't believe that group calls themselves the Elite Four. That is absolutely hilarious."
"Why is that hilarious? Seems more pretentious to me."
"Because the Elite Four is a Pokémon thing. They're the top four trainers in their region. How do you not---"
"That's funny, I didn't think of Pokémon, I thought of Boys Over Flowers. Like the F4," Elena said.
"Me too!" I may not know much about cartoons and anime, but J-dramas and K-dramas? Elena was speaking my language.”
― Mia P. Manansala, Murder and Mamon