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Language Quotes by Jeffrey Eugenides
- Emotions, in my experience, aren't covered by single words. I don't believe in "sadness", "joy", or "regret". Maybe the best proof that the language is…
- Maybe the best proof that the language is patriarchal is that it oversimplifies feeling.
- I'm the final clause in a periodic sentence, and that sentence begins a long time ago, in another language, and you to read it from…
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