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Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes

Jeffrey Eugenides quotes

American Novelist, Writer April 13, 1960

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We knew that Cecilia had killed herself because she was a misfit, because the beyond called to her, and we knew that her sisters, once abandoned, felt her calling from that place, too. Jeffrey Eugenides
He was like a statue being chiseled away from the inside, hollowed out. As more and more of his thoughts gave him pain, Milton had increasingly avoided them. Instead he concentrated on the few that made him feel better, the bromides about everything working out. Milton, quite simply, had ceased to think things through. Jeffrey Eugenides
I approach writing female characters the same why I approach writing male characters. I never think I'm writing about women, I think I'm writing about one woman, one person. And I try to imagine what she is like, and endow her with a lot of my own thoughts and history. Jeffrey Eugenides
Jeffrey Eugenides quote: "A seven-year-old girl can take only so many walks with her..."
A seven-year-old girl can take only so many walks with her grandfather. Jeffrey Eugenides
Just like ice, lives crack, too. Personalities. Identities. Jimmy Zizmo, crouching over the Packard's wheel has already changed past understanding. Jeffrey Eugenides
Mitchell had answered that, as far as he understood them, mystical experiences were significant only to the extent that they changed a person's conception of reality, and if that changed conception led to a change in behavior and action, a loss of ego. Jeffrey Eugenides
I studied English literature in the honors program, which means that you had to take courses in various centuries. You had to start with Old English, Middle English, and work your way toward the modern. I figured if I did that it would force me to read some of the things I might not read on my own. Jeffrey Eugenides
Jeffrey Eugenides quote: "They're just memories now. Time to write them off."
They're just memories now. Time to write them off. Jeffrey Eugenides
Here's a question I still can't answer: Did I see through the male tricks because I was destined to scheme that way myself? Or do girls see through the tricks, too, and just pretend not to notice? Jeffrey Eugenides
Jeffrey Eugenides quote: "A girl's not a watermelon you plug a hole in to see if it's..."
A girl's not a watermelon you plug a hole in to see if it's sweet. Jeffrey Eugenides
Jeffrey Eugenides quote: "Grief is natural,' she said. 'Overcoming it is a matter of..."
Grief is natural,' she said. 'Overcoming it is a matter of choice. Jeffrey Eugenides
She wanted a book to take her places she couldn't get to herself. She thought a writer should work harder writing a book that she did reading it. Jeffrey Eugenides
Jeffrey Eugenides quote: "She thought a writer should work harder writing a book than..."
She thought a writer should work harder writing a book than she did reading it. Jeffrey Eugenides
And yet sometimes she worried about those musty old books were doing to her. Some people majored in English to prepare for law school. Others became journalists. Jeffrey Eugenides
Jeffrey Eugenides quote: "The Statue of Liberty's gender changed nothing. It was the..."
The Statue of Liberty's gender changed nothing. It was the same here as anywhere: men and their wars. Jeffrey Eugenides

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