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Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes

Jeffrey Eugenides quotes

American Novelist, Writer April 13, 1960

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Words, words, word. Once, I had the gift. I could make love out of words as a potter makes cups of clay. Love that overthrows empire. Love that binds two hearts together, come hellfire & brimstone. For sixpence a line, I could cause a riot in a nunnery. But now -- I have lost my gift. It's as if my quill is broken, as if the organ of my imagination has dried up, as if the proud -illegible word- of my genius has collapsed. Jeffrey Eugenides
-Who are you, anyway? -Just someone who knows, from personal experience, how attractive it can be to think you can save somebody else by loving them. Jeffrey Eugenides
But in the end it wasn't up to me. The bigs things never are. Birth, I mean, and death. And love. And what love bequeaths to us before we're born. Jeffrey Eugenides
Jeffrey Eugenides quote: "Is there anything as incredible as the love story of your own..."
Is there anything as incredible as the love story of your own parents? Jeffrey Eugenides
The more she thought about it, the more Madeleine understood that extreme solitude didn't just describe the way she was feeling about Leonard. It explained how she'd always felt when she was in love. It explained what love was like and, just maybe, what was wrong with it. Jeffrey Eugenides
And it was during this period that Madeleine fully understood how the lover's discourse was of an extreme solitude. The solitude was extreme because it wasn't physical. It was extreme because you felt it while in the company of the person you loved. It was extreme because it was in your head, the most solitary of places. Jeffrey Eugenides
The lover`s discourse was of an extreme solitude. The solitude was extreme because it wasn`t physical. It was extreme because you felt it while in the company of the person you loved. It was extreme because it was in your head, the most solitary of places. Jeffrey Eugenides
Jeffrey Eugenides quote: "He was filled with embarrassment: embarrassment for the human..."
He was filled with embarrassment: embarrassment for the human race, its preoccupation with money, it love of swindle. Jeffrey Eugenides
Every letter was a love letter. Of course, as love letters went, this one could have been better. It was not very promising, for instance, that Madeleine claimed not to want to see him for the next half-century. Jeffrey Eugenides
Jeffrey Eugenides quote: "So do boys and men announce their intentions. They cover you..."
So do boys and men announce their intentions. They cover you like a sarcophagus lid. And call it love. Jeffrey Eugenides
He remained heartbroken, which meant one of two things: either his love was pure and true and earthshakingly significant; or he was addicted to feeling forlorn, he liked being heartbroken. Jeffrey Eugenides
What was interesting about being the needy one was how much in love you felt...He'd lost the ability to be an asshole. Now he was smitten, and it felt both tremendous and scary. Jeffrey Eugenides
Jeffrey Eugenides quote: "no reason to mention my peculiarities, my wandering in the..."
no reason to mention my peculiarities, my wandering in the maze these many years, shut away from sight. and from love, too. Jeffrey Eugenides
Jeffrey Eugenides quote: "Every letter was a love letter."
Every letter was a love letter. Jeffrey Eugenides
Jeffrey Eugenides quote: "Adolescents tend to seek love where ther can find it."
Adolescents tend to seek love where ther can find it. Jeffrey Eugenides

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