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Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes

Jeffrey Eugenides quotes

American Novelist, Writer April 13, 1960

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Jeffrey Eugenides quote: "People don't save other people. People save themselves."
People don't save other people. People save themselves. Jeffrey Eugenides
When I wrote The Virgin Suicides, I gave myself very strict rules about the narrative voice: the boys would only be able to report what they had seen or found or what had been told to them. Jeffrey Eugenides
Jeffrey Eugenides quote: "A sniper is cowardly, sneaky; he kills from a distance, unseen."
A sniper is cowardly, sneaky; he kills from a distance, unseen. Jeffrey Eugenides
Jeffrey Eugenides quote: "it's amazing what you can get used to."
it's amazing what you can get used to. Jeffrey Eugenides
Jeffrey Eugenides quote: "A changeableness, too, as if beneath my visible face there was..."
A changeableness, too, as if beneath my visible face there was another, having second thoughts. Jeffrey Eugenides
Jeffrey Eugenides quote: "She wanted out of the decorating scheme."
She wanted out of the decorating scheme. Jeffrey Eugenides
If you weren't a lucky child, you didn't know you weren't lucky until you got older. And then it was all you ever thought about. Jeffrey Eugenides
All of a sudden America wasn't about hamburgers and hot rods anymore. It was about the Mayflower and Plymouth Rock. It was about something that had happened for two minutes four hundred years ago, instead of everything that had happened since. Instead of everything that was happening now! Jeffrey Eugenides
Jeffrey Eugenides quote: "That was when I realized a shocking thing. I couldn't become a..."
That was when I realized a shocking thing. I couldn't become a man without becoming The Man. Even if I didn't want to. Jeffrey Eugenides
Jeffrey Eugenides quote: "and the magisterial presence of all those words stopped her in..."
...and the magisterial presence of all those words stopped her in her tracks. Jeffrey Eugenides
Jeffrey Eugenides quote: "our job was merely to create the noise that seemed to..."
our job was merely to create the noise that seemed to fascinate them. Jeffrey Eugenides
Jeffrey Eugenides quote: "Their desire was silent yet magnificent, like a thousand..."
Their desire was silent yet magnificent, like a thousand daisies attuning their faces toward the path of the sun. Jeffrey Eugenides
Jeffrey Eugenides quote: "and left no doubt that Cecilia had done violence to herself"
and left no doubt that Cecilia had done violence to herself Jeffrey Eugenides
Jeffrey Eugenides quote: "Some cities have fallen into ruin and some are built upon..."
Some cities have fallen into ruin and some are built upon ruins but others contain their own ruins while still growing. Jeffrey Eugenides
Jeffrey Eugenides quote: "This can't be true but I remember it."
This can't be true but I remember it. Jeffrey Eugenides

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