"That was the deal basically: catatonia without; frenzy……" — Jeffrey Eugenides
"That was the deal basically: catatonia without; frenzy within"
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213 Quotes by Jeffrey Eugenides
Jeffrey Eugenides has 213 quotes on this site.
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I think it is important to remind people of the extent of our free will.
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I was unemployable when I got out of college.
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I think, especially when you're in college, each book that you're reading tends to tell you who you are.
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No matter how long your've been at it, you always start from scratch.
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They made us participate in their own madness, because we couldn't help but retrace their steps, rethink their thoughts, and…
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My goal in life is to become an adjective,
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My change from girl to boy was far less dramatic than the distance anybody travels from infancy to adulthood.
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I tell my students that when you write, you should pretend you’re writing the best letter you ever wrote to…
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If you think of even Tolstoy or a book like 'Anna Karenina,' you go from character to character, and each…
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Emotions, in my experience aren't covered by single words. I don't believe in "sadness," "joy," or "regret." I'd like to…
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In the midst of my skeptical, cynical, often pessimistic nature exists a slender capacity to believe, if only temporarily, in…
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The worst thing about religion was religious people.
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