"I felt no shame in these activities, because……" — Jennifer Egan
"I felt no shame in these activities, because I understood what almost no one else seemed to grasp: that there was only an infinitesimal difference, a difference so small that it barely existed except as a figment of the human imagination, between working in a tall green glass building on Park Avenue and collecting litter in a park. In fact, there may have been no difference at all."
—
Jennifer Egan
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
109 Quotes by Jennifer Egan
Jennifer Egan has 109 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
I've never been that confident. I don't tend to think, swaggeringly, I'm going to ace this. It's just not who…
-
So I feel that lack of qualification. And I'm scared. And I have a tendency to think things may not/probably…
-
I think the one thing that's changed over time is that I've come to realise, as a fiction writer, the…
-
One area I have a huge amount of trouble in is writing about myself. I get a heavy, almost depressed…
-
I guess it's always romantic when two people fall in love.... Even if it turns out not to be real.
-
Be willing and unafraid to write badly, because often the bad stuff...forms a base on which to build something better.
-
Reading is the nourishment that lets you do interesting work,
-
I think, for one thing, all of us remember those teenage years and those songs that we fell in love…
-
Read at the level at which you want to write. Reading is the nourishment that feeds the kind of writing…
-
I was a stepchild in two different families. The hardest thing about being a stepchild is you know that in…
-
Americans are less selfish than some of our politicians believe and will respond with reason and resilience to passionate clarity.
-
Goon Squad' took about three years to write and that's the short end. My second novel, 'Look at Me,' took…
See all 109 quotes by Jennifer Egan »
More Activities Quotes
This quote is filed under Activities Quotes,
one of 888 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and…
— Hannah Arendt
-
Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause…
— Mahmoud Abbas
-
Why in almost all societies have married women specialized in bearing and rearing children and in certain agricultural activities, whereas…
— Gary Becker
-
A rose is the visible result of an infinitude of complicated goings on in the bosom of the earth and…
— Clive Bell
-
We need a sense of the value of time - that is, of the best way to divide one's time…
— Arnold Bennett
-
Husbands, recognize your wife's intelligence and her ability to counsel with you as a real partner regarding family plans, family…
— Ezra Taft Benson
-
If we wish our nature to be free and joyous, we should bring our activities into same order.
— Vinoba Bhave
-
I think it's more important to be fit so that you can be healthy and enjoy activities than it is…
— Rachel Blanchard
-
People are often quite surprised by the sport and leisure activities practised by the blind. For example, tandem cycling is…
— Andrea Bocelli
-
An opera singer is like an athlete before a match. An athlete cannot overdo anything. In order to perform at…
— Andrea Bocelli
-
Intervention for the prevention and control of osteoporosis should comprise a combination of legislative action, educational measures, health service activities,…
— Gro Harlem Brundtland
-
Investment banking has, in recent years, resembled a casino, and the massive scale of gambling losses has dragged down traditional…
— Vince Cable
See all 888 Activities Quotes »