All Jennifer Egan Quotes
- Like all failed experiments, that one taught me something I didn’t expect: one key ingredient of so-called experience is the delusional faith that it is… All
- If I had a view like this to look down on every day, I would have the energy and inspiration to conquer the world. The… Conquer
- Time’s a goon, right? You gonna let that goon push you around?†Scotty shook his head. “The goon won. Gonna
- We stand there, quiet. My questions all seem wrong: How did you get so old? Was it all at once, in a day, or did… All
- I'm always happy," Sasha said. "Sometimes I just forget. Always Happy
- Sure, everything is ending," Jules said, "but not yet. Change
- She was clean": no piercings, tattoos, or scarifications. All the kids were now. And who could blame them, Alex thought, after watching three generations of… Alex
- Rebecca was an academic star. Her new book was on the phenomenon of word casings, a term she'd invented for words that no longer had… Academic
- Even the financial disclosure statements that political bloggers were required to post hadn't stemmed the suspicion that people's opinions weren't really their own. "Who's paying… Along
- It was the hat. He looked sweet in the hat. How could a man in a fuzzy blue hat have used human bones to pave… Blue
- Structural dissatisfaction: Returning to circumstances that once pleased you, after having experienced a more thrilling or opulent way of life, and finding that you can… Circumstances
- Her only thought was of getting away, as if she were carrying a live grenade from inside the house, so that when it exploded, it… Carrying
- This is the music business. 'Five years is five hundred years' - your words. Business
- There are so many ways to go wrong. All we've got are metaphors, and they're never exactly right. You can never just Say. The. Thing. All
- The pause makes you think the song will end. And then the song isn't really over, so you're relieved. But then the song does actually… Actually End
- Redemption, transformation--God how she wanted these things. Every day, every minute. Didn't everyone? Day
- I felt no shame in these activities, because I understood what almost no one else seemed to grasp: that there was only an infinitesimal difference,… Activities
- Rich children are always blond, Jocelyn goes. It has to do with vitamins. Blond
- See," Sasha muttered, eyeing the sun. "It's mine. Eyeing
- There's a fine line between thinking about somebody and thinking about not thinking about somebody, but I have the patience and the self-control to walk… Control