All Jennifer Egan Quotes
- 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
- Now that Scotty has entered the realm of myth, everyone wants to own him. And maybe they should. Doesn't a myth belong to everyone? Belong
- When does a fake Mohawk become a real Mohawk? Who decides? How do you know if it's happened? Decides
- Kissing Mother Superior, incompetent, hairball, poppy seeds, on the can. Hairball
- I can't tell if she's actually real, or if she's stopped caring if she's real or not. Or is not caring what makes a person… Actually Real
- A bit of theory as we settle down for lunch: the waiter's treatment of Kitty is actually a kind of sandwich, with the bottom bread… Abnormal
- Too clear, too clean. The problem was precision, perfection; Clean
- But it was another girl, young and new to the city, fiddling with her keys. Another Girl
- I know I'm famous and irresitible - a combination whose properties closely resemble radioactivity - and I know that you in this room are helpless… Closely
- I picture it like Judgement Day,' he says finally, his eyes on the water. 'We'll rise up out of our bodies and find each other… All
- They resumed walking. Alex felt an ache in his eyes and throat. "I don't know what happened to me," he said, shaking his head. "I… Ache
- Stu walked Bennie over to Chris in the chair and parted his hair to reveal some tan little creatures the size of poppy seeds moving… Barber
- Everybody sounds stoned, because they're e-mailing people the whole time they're talking to you. E Mailing
- and it’s all kind of moving and sweet except that you’re not completely there—a part of you is a few feet away, or above, thinking, All
- and the question is, which one is really “you, Funny
- That we have some history together that hasn’t happened yet. Funny