Lexi

“Have you ever wondered the mechanics of popularization? How does someone go from being a real person, someone you actually knew, to a set of marketing and publicity points, consumed and lauded by fans who think they know them, but don't really, but understand this also, and celebrate them regardless?”
― R.F. Kuang, Yellowface

“I sought to puncture Heaven and instead discovered Hell.”
― Kiersten White, The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein

“That was it, people moved away, he moved away. Their life in Carricklea, which they had imbued with such drama and significance, just ended like that with no conclusion, and it would never be picked back up again, never in the same way.”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People

“I am nothing in my soul if not obsessive.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History