"and she had succeeded, on the second try,……" — Jeffrey Eugenides

"and she had succeeded, on the second try, in hurling herself out of the world"

— Jeffrey Eugenides

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213 Quotes by Jeffrey Eugenides

Jeffrey Eugenides has 213 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

I think it is important to remind people of the extent of our free will.
I was unemployable when I got out of college.
I think, especially when you're in college, each book that you're reading tends to tell you who you are.
No matter how long your've been at it, you always start from scratch.
They made us participate in their own madness, because we couldn't help but retrace their steps, rethink their thoughts, and…
My goal in life is to become an adjective,
My change from girl to boy was far less dramatic than the distance anybody travels from infancy to adulthood.
I tell my students that when you write, you should pretend you’re writing the best letter you ever wrote to…
If you think of even Tolstoy or a book like 'Anna Karenina,' you go from character to character, and each…
Emotions, in my experience aren't covered by single words. I don't believe in "sadness," "joy," or "regret." I'd like to…
In the midst of my skeptical, cynical, often pessimistic nature exists a slender capacity to believe, if only temporarily, in…
The worst thing about religion was religious people.

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More Hurling Quotes

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In biblical times, I stoned people to death. Now they are repaying me by hurling pucks at my head. — Gilles Gratton
I approximated the Black Friday experience at home by hurling myself into a wall a number of times and then… — Kumail Nanjiani
It's not fear of striking out that makes me reluctant to step up to the plate. It's the fear of… — Unknown Author
They charge us with anti-Semitism…The truth is, those hurling these charges harbor a 'passionate attachment' to a nation not our… — Pat Buchanan
Hurling looks a bit like a cross between lacrosse and second degree murder. — David Feherty
I have something to tell you non-smokers that I know for a fact that you don't know, and I feel… — Bill Hicks
The world is MADE up of language. We can SAY that the world is composed of little demons doing calisthenics,… — Terence McKenna
I would rather play with forked lightning, or take in my hand living wires with their fiery current, than to… — A B Simpson
This is how magic is done. By hurling yourself into the abyss and discovering its a feather bed. — Terence McKenna
We humans are obsessed with lights...Perhaps it is our way of hurling the constellations back at the sky. — Diane Ackerman
One of the great things about being ignorant is that I often think my ideas are original. It's a wonderful… — Scott Adams
Outside, you don't hear a single bird, and a deathly, oppressive silence hangs over the house and clings to me… — Anne Frank

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