all credits go to original authors. last updated 7th nov '25
"Lack of reciprocity is a key part of parasocial relationships-the fan knows a lot about the celebrity while the celebrity has no idea who the fan is. But now a celebrity might respond to your comment on TikTok, or even follow you back. At the same time, reciprocity is a crucial part of real relationships, but for the online component of those relationships, it can be more of a guideline, one that's getting looser as time goes on."
"Pondering the things that entertain us—and what those things say about our world—requires a resource that’s in short supply: attention spans."
"The deleted drafts had achieved their purpose; I could see flickers of thought and phrasing that were clear descendants of their chaos. I realized that I’d been using this rhythm of reckless creation and careful revision throughout my writing life — I just hadn’t put a name to it."
"Maybe the longing he felt was the longing one felt for God. To reach toward the divine not for pious reasons but for the solace of not being stranded inside yourself for the rest of your life"
"The relief as I agree that someone else needs them more."
"I understand
what love never could.
I forgive
what love never would."
"I ask how you can be every color I cannot name. I think about what the base of your Russian doll must have been for you to glimmer like this. About the Venn diagram of us, and where your thought knots take you. I wonder if you know how much I love every one you’ve shown me. I mean, I’ve told you I like your brain, right?"
"The lids won't shut. Time
Unwinds from the great umbilicus of the sun
Its endless glitter.
I must swallow it all."
"A lot of the beauty in this record is like lost love and his emotion on there is something very different to him, but it emotes and comes through, and it’s beautiful. I took it a different way."
"Only I'm imaginary,
make-believe beyond belief,
so fictitious that it hurts."