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R. F. Kuang: Yellowface

Authors Juniper Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars. But Athena …

I’d somehow absorbed all the directness and verve of Athena’s writing. I felt, as Kanye put it, harder, better, faster, and stronger. I felt like the kind of person who now listened to Kanye.

— Yellowface by  (Page 38)

I laughed, considering the book is effectively about a plagiarist. And while I know it's the point, I love that this line is effectively crediting Daft Punk to Kanye to make that point. (I also am pointing this out because I know I have at least one person who wouldn't know why this is funny.)