Internet Famous Quotes

“No use provoking the die-hard fans if you didn’t have to.”
― Danika Stone, Internet Famous

“Misogyny now has become so normalized,” says Paul Roberts, the Impulse Society author. “We can’t even see the absurdity and the inequity of it, it’s so pervasive. When the male gaze was digitized, it was almost as if it was internalized. With smartphones and social media, girls had the means of producing the male gaze themselves, and it was as if they turned it on themselves willingly in order to compete in a marketplace in which sex was the main selling point.
And the social media companies aren't going to do anything about it, as long as it's driving traffic.”
― Nancy Jo Sales, American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers

“That moment when your parents mess up... and suddenly you’re the ‘go-to’ adult in the family.”
― Danika Stone, Internet Famous

“Oh... wow!” The words were out before she could think better of them.
He was a gorgeously-realistic Anime character come to sudden, distracting life... and that face. OMG that face! He caught her eyes onscreen and she stopped breathing.”
― Danika Stone, Internet Famous

“When she was doing other things—schoolwork, chores, exercising—Madi had to work to keep herself interested. Writing was the opposite. Finishing a blog always left her more ‘full’ than empty.”
― Danika Stone

“You here to pick up your sister?”
“As always.”
“Thought maybe you decided to rejoin the rest of us drones.” His voice dropped into a robotic monotone. “We are the borg. You will be assimilated.”
“Not a chance.”
“Resistance is futile.”
“Unless you do online school.”
― Danika Stone

“She was in his arms. Laurent’s arms! He spun her around and set her back down again in the space of three seconds, then stepped back and slid his hands into his pockets. His face looked flushed under his tan, but she was still reeling from being touched, her mind pulling in a hundred different directions at once. Laurent smelled good. He felt good. He was so unbelievably beyond her level.
Oh my God... I’m totally falling for him.”
― Danika Stone

“It felt like surfacing; the sounds and smells of the city hit her in a wave of sensory overload. A taxi peeled by. A horn blared. People milled past, on their way to countless destinations. Madi squinted into the late-afternoon glare and smiled. The hum of millions of separate lives, woven together, gave her a buzz she couldn’t explain. Here in New York she was faceless, unknown. Herself.”
― Danika Stone

“The house was quieter than usual, the sounds muffled and soft. It made her throat ache: The darkness, the kitchen, the single light. It felt like she was watching a movie of her life from an earlier era. Before Mom left, before all the trouble. Guilt twinged in Madi’s stomach. Before I took off and left Dad to deal with Sarah alone.”
― Danika Stone

“Sarah. She was one reason things in Madi’s life couldn’t change. Her schedule linked her to Madi as much as any grade, school, or group of friends. Her sister was a hashtag that couldn’t be altered. Madi couldn’t even be upset with her for it.”
― Danika Stone, Internet Famous

“What’s THAT?!” Laurent screeched as the bushes directly next to them began to move.
A hundred things ran through Madi’s mind: that serial killers really should choose more productive ways to spend their time, that her sister Sarah was going to be out-of-control when their parents broke the news Madi’d been murdered, that it was a really stupid twist of fate that Madi’d found the man of her dreams only to lose him, and lastly—
That really looks like a squirrel.
“RUN!” Laurent bellowed as the little creature took two bouncing steps toward them and stopped, staring at them with interest.”
― Danika Stone, Internet Famous

“Although she appreciated her father’s not-so-subtle efforts to nudge her toward social normalcy, she wasn’t entirely sure she could. Not when the deck was stacked so decidedly against them. Did she want to set herself up for relationship failure?”
― Danika Stone, Internet Famous

“True internet influencers have discovered a way to help people through finding purpose in their own lives that generated loyal followers.”
― Germany Kent