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Said Quotes by Jonathan Franzen
- You could slap his wrist for saying it, but then he said it with his face, and you could spank him for making faces, but…
- I look at my father, who was in many ways an unhappy person, but who, not long before he got sick, said that the greatest…
- How wrong to have been so negative, how wrong to have been so gloomy, how wrong to have run away from life, how wrong to…
- Mr. Franzen said he and Mr. Wallace, over years of letters and conversations about the ethical role of the novelist, had come to the joint…
- So, what, you got cigarette burns, too?" Gitanes said. Chip showed his palm, "It's nothing." "Self-inflicted. You pathetic American." "Different kind of prison" Chip said.
- Remind me again what's wrong with Dave Matthews?" "Basically everything, except technical proficiency," Walter said. "Right." "But maybe especially the banality of the lyrics. 'Gotta…
- The reason this system can’t be overthrown in this country,” Walter said, “is all about freedom. The reason the free market in Europe is tempered…
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