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Jonathan Franzen quotes about family

American Novelist August 17, 1959

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Jonathan Franzen quote: "She had a lifetime of practice at arriving late in a family of..."
She had a lifetime of practice at arriving late in a family of four and being loved by all. Jonathan Franzen
It's not surprising to see in my own work, looking back, and in the work of some of my peers, an attention to family. It's nice to write a book that does tend toward significance and meaning, and where else are you sure of finding it? Jonathan Franzen
She told herself a story about a daughter in a family so hungry for a daughter that it would have eaten her alive if she hadn't run away. Jonathan Franzen
When I finally gave up any hope of doing anything representative of the American family, I actually seemed to have tapped into other people's weirdness in that way. Jonathan Franzen
There was, of course, nowhere better in the world to be than New York City. This fact was the foundation of her family's satisfaction with itself, the platform from which all else could be ridiculed, the collateral of adult sophistication that bought them the right to behave like children. Jonathan Franzen
Whether anybody was home meant everything to a house. It was more than a major fact: it was the only fact. The family was the house's soul. Jonathan Franzen

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