The Statue of Liberty's gender changed nothing. It was the same here as anywhere: men and their wars. — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
“After the Second World War, San Francisco was the main point of re-entry for sailors returning from the Pacific. Out at sea,… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
“They said nothing and our parents said nothing, so we sensed how ancient they were, how accustomed to trauma, depressions, and wars.… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
“There had never been a funeral in our town before, at least not during our lifetimes. The majority of dying had happened… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
“Tessio Zizmo had been a virgin when she married Milton Stephanides at the age of 22. Their engagement,which coincided with the Second… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
“But as I peeked at my brother's inert body....I was aware only of what a strange thing it was to be male.… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
“Society discriminated against women, no question. But what about the discrimination of being sent to war? Which sex was really thought to… — 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
