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Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes

If you talk to geneticists they are constantly finding that your genes are being switched on and off because of the environment. Genes alone do not determine an exact path in your life Picture Quote #1

The essential matrimonial facts: that to be happy you have to find variety in repetition; that to go forward you have to come back to where you begin Picture Quote #1

I live my own life and nurse my own wounds. It’s not the best way to live. But it’s the way I am Picture Quote #1

In the end, it wasn’t death that surprised her but the stubbornness of life Picture Quote #1

We listened to them, but it was clear they’d received too much therapy to know the truth Picture Quote #1

No reason to mention my peculiarities, my wandering in the maze these many years, shut away from sight. and from love, too Picture Quote #1

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We knew, finally, that the girls were really women in disguise, that they understood love and even death, and that our job was merely to create the noise that seemed to fascinate them Picture Quote #1

You never get over it, but you get to where it doesn’t bother you so much Picture Quote #1

We couldn’t imagine the emptiness of a creature who put a razor to her wrists and opened her veins, the emptiness and the calm Picture Quote #1

We realized that the version of the world they rendered for us was not the version of the world they really believed in Picture Quote #1

She understood that her heart operated on its own instructions, that she had no control over it or, indeed, anything else Picture Quote #1

And in some of the houses, people were getting old and sick and were dying, leaving others to grieve. It was happening all the time, unnoticed, and it was the thing that really mattered. What really mattered in life, what gave it weight, was death Picture Quote #1

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Everyone struggles against despair, but it always wins in the end. It has to. It’s the thing that lets us say goodbye Picture Quote #1

She had given birth to me and nursed me and brought me up. She had known me before I knew myself and now she had no say in the matter. Life started out one thing and then suddenly turned a corner and became something else Picture Quote #1

Now all the mute objects of my life seem to tell my story, to stretch back in time, if I look closely enough Picture Quote #1

It was one of those humid days when the atmosphere gets confused. Sitting on the porch, you could feel it: the air wishing it was water Picture Quote #1

Regret, already sogging me down, burst its dam. It seeped into my legs, it pooled in my heart Picture Quote #1

Where else would she feel more comfortable than in this subterranean realm where people wrote down what they couldn’t say, where they gave voice to their most shameful longings and knowledge? Picture Quote #1

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Chunks of his life fell away, so that while we were moving ahead in time, he was moving back Picture Quote #1

I’m the final clause in a periodic sentence, and that sentence begins a long time ago, in another language, and you to read it from the beginning to get to the end, which is my arrival Picture Quote #1

Normality wasn’t normal. It couldn’t be. If normality were normal, everybody could leave it alone. They could sit back and let normality manifest itself Picture Quote #1

You used to be able to tell a person’s nationality by the face. Immigration ended that. Next you discerned nationality via the footwear. Globalization ended that Picture Quote #1

What lingered after them was not life, which always overcomes natural death, but the most trivial list of mundane facts: a clock ticking on a wall, a room dim at noon, and the outrageousness of a human being thinking only of herself Picture Quote #1

Jerome was sliding and climbing on top of me and it felt like it had the night before, like a crushing weight. So do boys and men announce their intentions. They cover you like a sarcophagus lid. And call it love Picture Quote #1

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Pregnancy humbles husbands. After an initial rush of male pride they quickly recognise the minor role that nature had assigned them in the drama of reproduction Picture Quote #1

So do boys and men announce their intentions. They cover you like a sarcophagus lid. And call it love Picture Quote #1

Her eyes watered and she was a foot taller than any of her sisters, mostly because of the length of her neck which would one day hang from the end of a rope Picture Quote #1

There are some books that reached through the noise of life to grab you by the collar and speak only of the truest things Picture Quote #1

She was a large, disordered woman, like a child’s drawing that didn’t stay within the lines Picture Quote #1

When you stood between somebody you loved and death, it was hard to be awake and it was hard to sleep Picture Quote #1

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If you talk to geneticists they are constantly finding that your genes are being switched on and off because of the environment. Genes alone do not determine an exact path in your life (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) The essential matrimonial facts: that to be happy you have to find variety in repetition; that to go forward you have to come back to where you begin (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) I live my own life and nurse my own wounds. It’s not the best way to live. But it’s the way I am (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) In the end, it wasn’t death that surprised her but the stubbornness of life (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) We listened to them, but it was clear they’d received too much therapy to know the truth (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) No reason to mention my peculiarities, my wandering in the maze these many years, shut away from sight. and from love, too (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) We knew, finally, that the girls were really women in disguise, that they understood love and even death, and that our job was merely to create the noise that seemed to fascinate them (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) You never get over it, but you get to where it doesn’t bother you so much (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) We couldn’t imagine the emptiness of a creature who put a razor to her wrists and opened her veins, the emptiness and the calm (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) We realized that the version of the world they rendered for us was not the version of the world they really believed in (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) She understood that her heart operated on its own instructions, that she had no control over it or, indeed, anything else (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) And in some of the houses, people were getting old and sick and were dying, leaving others to grieve. It was happening all the time, unnoticed, and it was the thing that really mattered. What really mattered in life, what gave it weight, was death (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) Everyone struggles against despair, but it always wins in the end. It has to. It’s the thing that lets us say goodbye (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) She had given birth to me and nursed me and brought me up. She had known me before I knew myself and now she had no say in the matter. Life started out one thing and then suddenly turned a corner and became something else (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) Now all the mute objects of my life seem to tell my story, to stretch back in time, if I look closely enough (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) It was one of those humid days when the atmosphere gets confused. Sitting on the porch, you could feel it: the air wishing it was water (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) Regret, already sogging me down, burst its dam. It seeped into my legs, it pooled in my heart (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) Where else would she feel more comfortable than in this subterranean realm where people wrote down what they couldn’t say, where they gave voice to their most shameful longings and knowledge? (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) Chunks of his life fell away, so that while we were moving ahead in time, he was moving back (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) I’m the final clause in a periodic sentence, and that sentence begins a long time ago, in another language, and you to read it from the beginning to get to the end, which is my arrival (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) Normality wasn’t normal. It couldn’t be. If normality were normal, everybody could leave it alone. They could sit back and let normality manifest itself (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) You used to be able to tell a person’s nationality by the face. Immigration ended that. Next you discerned nationality via the footwear. Globalization ended that (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) What lingered after them was not life, which always overcomes natural death, but the most trivial list of mundane facts: a clock ticking on a wall, a room dim at noon, and the outrageousness of a human being thinking only of herself (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) Jerome was sliding and climbing on top of me and it felt like it had the night before, like a crushing weight. So do boys and men announce their intentions. They cover you like a sarcophagus lid. And call it love (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) Pregnancy humbles husbands. After an initial rush of male pride they quickly recognise the minor role that nature had assigned them in the drama of reproduction (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) So do boys and men announce their intentions. They cover you like a sarcophagus lid. And call it love (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) Her eyes watered and she was a foot taller than any of her sisters, mostly because of the length of her neck which would one day hang from the end of a rope (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) There are some books that reached through the noise of life to grab you by the collar and speak only of the truest things (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) She was a large, disordered woman, like a child’s drawing that didn’t stay within the lines (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) When you stood between somebody you loved and death, it was hard to be awake and it was hard to sleep (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes)

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