“I’m a false icon! The media collaborate in promoting my superficial lifestyle as somehow more valid, more worthy of attention than your real lives! - Gideon Stargrave”
“Never was an age more sentimental, more devoid of real feeling, more exaggerated in false feeling, than our own.”
“Money follows interest, and interest is largely driven by media attention, which is more easily captured by the drama of conflict than by peace.”
“Just because some man pays you some attention doesn't mean you're somehow obliged to devote your life to him. You're worth MORE than that.”
“If you don't pay appropriate attention to what has your attention, it will take more of your attention than it deserves.”
“My temperament is not inclined toward more self-promotion than is absolutely necessary for my professional well-being.”