--- title: "15 Persons Quotes By Jeffrey Eugenides" description: "15 Persons quotes by Jeffrey Eugenides. Plus more from Jeffrey Eugenides and more Persons sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c78/jeffrey-eugenides-462_approach_i-approach-writing-female-characters-the_444529.png" --- > [I approach writing female characters the same why I approach writing male characters. I never think I'm writing about women, I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-eugenides/i-approach-writing-female-characters-the-same-why-i-approach-writing/) [Jeffrey Eugenides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-eugenides/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c78/jeffrey-eugenides-462_approach_i-approach-writing-female-characters-the_444529.png) > [That's the way I will write characters, put a fair amount of myself in them, and then everyone else who was like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-eugenides/that-s-the-way-i-will-write-characters-put-a-fair-amount-of-myself-in/) [Jeffrey Eugenides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-eugenides/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b69/jeffrey-eugenides-462_amount_that-s-the-way-i-will-write-characters-p_2352908.png) > [The lover's discourse was of an extreme solitude. The solitude was extreme because it wasn't physical. It was extreme because you felt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-eugenides/the-lover-s-discourse-was-of-an-extreme-solitude-the-solitude-was/) [Jeffrey Eugenides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-eugenides/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae1/jeffrey-eugenides-462_company_the-lover-s-discourse-was-of-an-extreme_2774197.jpg) > [It was as if, before she'd met him, her blood had circulated grayly around her body, and now ir was all oxygenated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-eugenides/it-was-as-if-before-she-d-met-him-her-blood-had-circulated-grayly/) [Jeffrey Eugenides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-eugenides/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cda/jeffrey-eugenides-462_alive_it-was-as-if-before-she-d-met-him-her-bl_818344.jpg) > [You used to be able to tell a person's nationality by the face. Immigration ended that. Next you discerned nationality via the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-eugenides/you-used-to-be-able-to-tell-a-person-s-nationality-by-the-face-2/) [Jeffrey Eugenides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-eugenides/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79b/jeffrey-eugenides-462_able_you-used-to-be-able-to-tell-a-person-s-n_2617825.png) > [What I do when I create a character is put in details from all the people I know who might be like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-eugenides/what-i-do-when-i-create-a-character-is-put-in-details-from-all-the/) [Jeffrey Eugenides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-eugenides/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5eb/jeffrey-eugenides-462_amount_what-i-do-when-i-create-a-character-is-p_2995880.png) > [Mitchell had answered that, as far as he understood them, mystical experiences were significant only to the extent that they changed a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-eugenides/mitchell-had-answered-that-as-far-as-he-understood-them-mystical/) [Jeffrey Eugenides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-eugenides/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e4/jeffrey-eugenides-462_action_mitchell-had-answered-that-as-far-as-he_653657.png) > [It's often said that a traumatic experience early in life marks a person forever, pulls her out of line, saying, "Stay there.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-eugenides/it-s-often-said-that-a-traumatic-experience-early-in-life-marks-a/) [Jeffrey Eugenides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-eugenides/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d7/jeffrey-eugenides-462_forever_it-s-often-said-that-a-traumatic-experie_21307.png) > [If you think of even Tolstoy or a book like 'Anna Karenina,' you go from character to character, and each section is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-eugenides/if-you-think-of-even-tolstoy-or-a-book-like-anna-karenina-you-go-from/) [Jeffrey Eugenides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-eugenides/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16c/jeffrey-eugenides-462_anna_if-you-think-of-even-tolstoy-or-a-book-l_1739565.png) > [I hadn't gotten old enough yet to realize that living sends a person not into the future but back into the past,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-eugenides/i-hadn-t-gotten-old-enough-yet-to-realize-that-living-sends-a-person/) [Jeffrey Eugenides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-eugenides/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb6/jeffrey-eugenides-462_backwards_i-hadn-t-gotten-old-enough-yet-to-realiz_1893475.jpg) > [There have been hermaphrodites around forever, Cal. Forever. Plato said that the original human being was a hermaphrodite. Did you know that?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-eugenides/there-have-been-hermaphrodites-around-forever-cal-forever-plato-said/) [Jeffrey Eugenides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-eugenides/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9c/jeffrey-eugenides-462_female_there-have-been-hermaphrodites-around-fo_163783.jpg) > [If I write a character, instead of looking from the outside, like maybe a journalist would, trying to describe them physically and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-eugenides/if-i-write-a-character-instead-of-looking-from-the-outside-like-maybe/) [Jeffrey Eugenides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-eugenides/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3d/jeffrey-eugenides-462_character_if-i-write-a-character-instead-of-lookin_1065139.png) > [Remember that day you said you loved me? Remember that? See, you could do that because you're basically a sane person, who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-eugenides/remember-that-day-you-said-you-loved-me-remember-that-see-you-could/) [Jeffrey Eugenides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-eugenides/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2b/jeffrey-eugenides-462_family_remember-that-day-you-said-you-loved-me_189219.jpg) > [For the eternity that Lux Lisbon looked at him, Trip Fontaine looked back, and the love he felt at that moment, truer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-eugenides/for-the-eternity-that-lux-lisbon-looked-at-him-trip-fontaine-looked/) [Jeffrey Eugenides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-eugenides/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/261/jeffrey-eugenides-462_baby_for-the-eternity-that-lux-lisbon-looked_1917890.jpg) > [Yes, you need a passport to prove to the world that you exist. The people at passport control, they cannot look at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-eugenides/yes-you-need-a-passport-to-prove-to-the-world-that-you-exist-the/) [Jeffrey Eugenides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-eugenides/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/101/jeffrey-eugenides-462_believe_yes-you-need-a-passport-to-prove-to-the_821933.png) ## Other authors on Persons ## More by Jeffrey Eugenides > [“Only the Lisbon house remained dark, a tunnel, an emptiness, past our smoke and flames.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-eugenides/only-the-lisbon-house-remained-dark-a-tunnel-an-emptiness-past-our/) [Jeffrey Eugenides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-eugenides/) > [“She had just started living like a grown-up and she'd never felt more vulnerable, frightened or confused in her life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-eugenides/she-had-just-started-living-like-a-grown-up-and-she-d-never-felt-more/) [Jeffrey Eugenides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-eugenides/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-eugenides/it-s-often-said-that-a-traumatic-experience-early-in-life-marks-a/) [Jeffrey Eugenides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-eugenides/) > [“Adolescents tend to seek love where they can find it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-eugenides/adolescents-tend-to-seek-love-where-they-can-find-it/) [Jeffrey Eugenides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-eugenides/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-eugenides/the-window-was-still-open-mr-lisbon-said-i-don-t-think-we-d-ever/) [Jeffrey Eugenides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-eugenides/) > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-eugenides/i-was-aware-that-you-weren-t-supposed-to-write-about-suburbia-that-it/) [Jeffrey Eugenides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-eugenides/) > [“Dr. Armonson stitched up her wrist wounds. Within five minutes of the transfusion he declared her out of danger. Chucking her under the chin,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-eugenides/dr-armonson-stitched-up-her-wrist-wounds-within-five-minutes-of-the/) [Jeffrey Eugenides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-eugenides/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-eugenides/i-don-t-approve-of-women-driving-mind-you-and-now-they-get-to-vote-he/) [Jeffrey Eugenides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-eugenides/) > [“Her face was calm, but inside she was tense.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-eugenides/her-face-was-calm-but-inside-she-was-tense/) [Jeffrey Eugenides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-eugenides/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-eugenides/i-know-that-attaching-memories-to-books-may-be-going-out-of-the-world/) [Jeffrey Eugenides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-eugenides/) > [I spend most of every day writing. I like to write every day if I can. I don't start extremely early.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-eugenides/i-spend-most-of-every-day-writing-i-like-to-write-every-day-if-i-can/) [Jeffrey Eugenides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-eugenides/) > [Maybe the best proof that the language is patriarchal is that it oversimplifies feeling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-eugenides/maybe-the-best-proof-that-the-language-is-patriarchal-is-that-it/) [Jeffrey Eugenides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-eugenides/) > [We knew that Cecilia had killed herself because she was a misfit, because the beyond called to her, and we knew that her sisters,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-eugenides/we-knew-that-cecilia-had-killed-herself-because-she-was-a-misfit/) [Jeffrey Eugenides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-eugenides/) > [You can tell when something's not moving forward anymore. When the doubts you have about it don't go away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-eugenides/you-can-tell-when-something-s-not-moving-forward-anymore-when-the/) [Jeffrey Eugenides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-eugenides/) > [Normality wasn't normal. It couldn't be. If normality were normal, everybody could leave it alone. They could sit back and let normality manifest itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-eugenides/normality-wasn-t-normal-it-couldn-t-be-if-normality-were-normal/) [Jeffrey Eugenides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-eugenides/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/persons/jeffrey-eugenides/#itemlist", "name": "15 Persons Quotes By Jeffrey Eugenides", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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. 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