Exalted Quotes

“Algorithms are demonic," I say. I really do feel this way. They take the art out of everything.”
― Anna Dorn, Exalted

“I am sort of over Freud, who just feels like this secret language old white men use to make whatever they are talking about seem inaccessible. Freud just gives cloaked terms to universal aspects of the human experience, kind of like astrology. Freud is just astrology for men.”
― Anna Dorn, Exalted

“I like femininity — long hair and painted fingernails and dancing in my bra to Madonna. I like to be frivolous and free, and for someone else to get the bill.”
― Anna Dorn, Exalted

“SpaceX is really romantic if you think about it, just a bunch of Pisces launching rockets into the sky.”
― Anna Dorn, Exalted

“What is this shit?” I ask, pointing to the stereo. “Vampire Weekend,” he says. I make a hacking noise, and he laughs his cloying laugh. “Their new album is pretty good.” I can’t think of a single thing to say to that. “What would you prefer?” he asks. “White noise,” I say. “The sound of myself talking. Cats screeching. A woman in labor.” I reach for the stereo and turn it off. “I’ve missed your negativity,” he says. “It’s refreshing in Los Angeles, the city of unchecked delusion.”
― Anna Dorn, Exalted

“When I was in elementary school everyone was obsessed with these things called pogs, which were just garishly decorated pieces of cardboard.”
― Anna Dorn, Exalted

“Complete sentences don't make money. Memes make money.”
― Anna Dorn, Exalted

“I know it doesn't mean anything, but I am not immune to my female conditioning, the sense that when a man makes a positive comment about my appearance, I am doing something right.”
― Anna Dorn, Exalted

“I officially had no one asking me to do things: a dream.”
― Anna Dorn, Exalted

“Astrology is a scam, but love is the biggest scam of all.”
― Anna Dorn, Exalted

“Everyone just wants to hear they're special in very specific language, and astrology is a perfectly nebulous vehicle for this.”
― Anna Dorn, Exalted