Children Quote by Jeffrey Eugenides

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

The more she thought about it, the more Madeleine understood that extreme solitude didn't just describe the way she was feeling about Leonard. It…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

“And it was during this period that Madeleine fully understood how the lover's discourse was of an extreme solitude. The solitude was extreme because…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

“What made Madeleine sit up in bed was something closer to the reason she read books in the first place and had always loved…

— Jeffrey Eugenides The Marriage Plot

“She was a grown up now, and she discovered that being a grown up was not quite what she had suspected it would be…

— Stephen King

“For most of her life she just expected things would work out, that people would be kind. Now she recognized her good fortune for…

— Stewart O'Nan

“Her experience had been of a kind to teach her, rightly or wrongly, that the doubtful honor of a brief transit through a sorry…

— Thomas Hardy

“Her life was a scattering of small moments, bits of meaningful conversations, and bright dashes of beauty where least expected.”

— Robin Jones Gunn

“It was the comfort of knowing that she was not quite so strange, that there were other people who found delight in private challenges…

— Daphne Kalotay

“she had been interested in many things, but nothing had completely satisfied her; indeed, she hardly desired complete satisfaction. Her intellect was at the…

— Anton Chekhov

“She was emotionally retarded having no sense of humour, cold and no people skills. She was like her mother was obsessed by appearances and…

— Annette J Dunlea

“She was living in bad sociery; and, imaginary though it was, its influence affected her, for she was feeding heart and fancy on dangerous…

— Louisa May Alcott