"Emotions, in my experience aren't covered by single……" — Jeffrey Eugenides
"Emotions, in my experience aren't covered by single words. I don't believe in "sadness," "joy," or "regret." I'd like to have at my disposal complicated hybrid emotions, Germanic traincar constructions like, say, "the happiness that attends disaster." Or: "the disappointment of sleeping with one's fantasy." ... I'd like to have a word for "the sadness inspired by failing restaurants" as well as for "the excitement of getting a room with a minibar." I've never had the right words to describe my life..."
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213 Quotes by Jeffrey Eugenides
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My goal in life is to become an adjective,
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The worst thing about religion was religious people.
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What rage for fame attends both great and small! Better be damned than mentioned not at all.
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