Beautiful Quote by Jeffrey Eugenides

“They were moving along like that, each cupping a hold of the other. In Madeleine's face was a stupidity Mitchell had never seen before.…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

“Listening to Leonard, Madeleine felt impoverished by her happy childhood. She never wondered why she acted the way she did, or what effect her…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

Sharon Needles was based on two things: That she was beautiful and that she was stupid.

— Sharon Needles

Though at this moment she felt abused, abandoned, and ashamed of herself, Madeleine knew that she was still young, that she had her whole…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

“At one point, a girl who looked to be in her early twenties, with a Joan of Arc haircut, passed right in front of…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

“Madeleine was enraptured by Garrison's tan complexion, which greatly differed from the pale boys of London. It wasn't actually the boys' fault, as the…

— Gitty Daneshvari

“Everyone in the room was so spectral-looking that Madeleine’s natural healthiness seemed suspect, like a vote for Reagan.”

— Jeffrey Eugenides

“And Miriam also refused to be approached. She was afraid of being set at nought, as by her own brothers. The girl was romantic…

— D.H. Lawrence

“Now and then she looked harassed by her own potential, like certain young people, and you might notice then the way a stillness spread…

— Nic Pizzolatto

“She perceived vaguely the pitiful corruption of the adult world; how cruel and frail it was, like a worn piece of burlap, patched with…

— John Cheever

“Stupidity is the result of a complete absence of imagination, silliness of its excess”

— Martin Boyd

The stupidest thing she knew was for people to act like they knew all about the things they knew absolutely nothing about.

— Jostein Gaarder