Historical fact: People stopped being people in 1913. That was the year Henry Ford put his cars on rollers and made his… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
You went out with a girl at first because the sheer sight of her made you weak in the knees. You fell… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
It was amazing how it worked: the tiniest bit of truth made credible the greatest lies. — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
Bubble gum angels swooped from top margins or scraped their wings between teeming paragraphs, maidens with golden hair dripped sea blue tears… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
We felt the imprisonment of being a girl, the way it made your mind active and dreamy, and how you ended up… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
Though at this moment she felt abused, abandoned, and ashamed of herself, Madeleine knew that she was still young, that she had… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
But that was in the days when they expected perils to come from without, and nothing made less sense by that time… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
I had a briefcase at one point, but it was a kind of 1980s New Wave briefcase. It was made of some… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
They made us participate in their own madness, because we couldn't help but retrace their steps, rethink their thoughts, and see that… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
My family suffered. My hair turned up in every corner, every drawer, every meal. Even in the rice puddings Tessie made, covering… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
When I'm creating a character, it's a little bit like what my theater teachers used to tell me about Stanislavsky, like if… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
Jacques Derrida is a very important thinker and philosopher who has made serious contributions to both philosophy and literary criticism. Roland Barthes… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
“Only the Lisbon house remained dark, a tunnel, an emptiness, past our smoke and flames.” — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
“She had just started living like a grown-up and she'd never felt more vulnerable, frightened or confused in her life.” — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
It's often said that a traumatic experience early in life marks a person forever, pulls her out of line, saying, "Stay there. Don't move. — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
“The window was still open,” Mr Lisbon said. “I don’t think we’d ever remembered to shut it. It was all clear to me. I… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
I was aware that you weren't supposed to write about suburbia, that it was undignified in some way, the subject matter not momentous enough.… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
“Dr. Armonson stitched up her wrist wounds. Within five minutes of the transfusion he declared her out of danger. Chucking her under the chin,… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
“I don't approve of women driving, mind you. And now they get to vote!" He grumbled to himself. "Remember that play we saw ("The… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
I know that attaching memories to books may be going out of the world, but while it lasts, it's a strong record of your… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
I spend most of every day writing. I like to write every day if I can. I don't start extremely early. — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
Maybe the best proof that the language is patriarchal is that it oversimplifies feeling. — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
