Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
The two most prominent families in politics and culture—the Trumps and the Kardashians—have risen to the top of the food chain because of their keen understanding of how little substance is required to package the self as an endlessly monetizable asset.
Jia Tolentino • Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
Alas! if the heroine of one novel be not patronized by the heroine of another, from whom can she expect protection and regard?16 I cannot approve of it.
David M. Shapard • The Annotated Northanger Abbey
sympathy-skank.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
With his simple intuition that Taylor Caldwell should write historical novels, Perkins had founded one of the most enduring and profitable careers in the history of book publishing, one that continued three decades after his own death.
A. Scott Berg • Max Perkins: Editor of Genius
contrivance,
Elizabeth Gilbert • The Signature of All Things: A Novel
self-taught renaissance man, a builder, and now an architect as well, it seemed.