Books Quote by Jeffrey Eugenides

“THE CROWD, suddenly there where there was nothing before, is a mysterious and universal phenomenon. A few people may have been standing together-five, ten…

— Elias Canetti

“Now imagine the opposite: a world where humans are free to roam in nature, create with their hands, and connect with their surroundings.”

— Ken Breniman

“The world seems almost physically wider when up to just now the right-hand side was always obscured by the proximity of someone else; and…

— Robert Musil

“There were moments in life, Marion thought, when you reached back, baton in hand, feeling the runner behind you. Felt the clasp of their…

— Erica Bauermeister

“Nothing could be seen whole or read from start to finish. What was seen begun - like two friends starting to meet each other…

— Virginia Woolf

“Uncontrolled human imagination turning into reality may bring about the end of mankind.”

— Steven Magee

“...it seemed to me that the entire world was like a palace with countless rooms whose doors opened into one another. We were able…

— Orhan Pamuk

“We liked to believe there is an alternate world, a better world, populated entirely by characters created by the yearnings of humanity--governing and inspiring…

— Miguel Syjuco

“This is our goal as writers, I think: to help others have this sense of wonder, of seeing things anew, things that catch us…

— Anne Lamott

“Most people see the world as a threatening place, and, because they do, the world turns out, indeed, to be a threatening place. “So,”

— Paulo Coelho

“Writing a novel is like traveling the universe on foot.”

— Dennis R. Miller

“The way they perceive the world suddenly changes, and they find themselves without any sense of separation between themselves and the rest of the…

— Adyashanti