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Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes

College wasn’t like the real world. In the real world people dropped names based on their renown. In college, people dropped names based on their obscurity Picture Quote #1

There comes a moment, when you get lost in the woods, when the woods begin to feel like home Picture Quote #1

Depression is like a bruise that never goes away. A bruise in your mind. You just got to be careful not to touch it where it hurts. It’s always there, though Picture Quote #1

He remained heartbroken, which meant one of two things: either his love was pure and true and earthshakingly significant; or he was addicted to feeling forlorn, he liked being heartbroken Picture Quote #1

It was possible to feel superior to other people and feel like a misfit at the same time Picture Quote #1

What if you had faith and performed good works, what if you died and went to heaven, and what if all the people you met there were people you didn’t like? Picture Quote #1

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Yes, you need a passport to prove to the world that you exist. The people at passport control, they cannot look at you and see you are a person. No! They have to look at a little photograph of you. Then they believe you exist Picture Quote #1

It was amazing how it worked: the tiniest bit of truth made credible the greatest lies Picture Quote #1

Their desire was silent yet magnificent, like a thousand daisies attuning their faces toward the path of the sun Picture Quote #1

It was something every child knew how to do, maintain a direct and full connection with the world. Somehow you forgot about it as you grew up, and had to learn it again Picture Quote #1

Some cities have fallen into ruin and some are built upon ruins but others contain their own ruins while still growing Picture Quote #1

The only way we know it’s true is that we both dreamed it. That’s what reality is. It’s a dream everyone has together Picture Quote #1

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Whenever we got a glimpse, their faces looked indecently revealed, as though we were used to seeing women in veils Picture Quote #1

It was like autumn, looking at her. it was like driving up north to see the colors Picture Quote #1

I think, especially when you're in college, each book that you're reading tends to tell you who you are Picture Quote #1

They made us participate in their own madness, because we couldn’t help but retrace their steps, rethink their thoughts, and see that none of them led to us Picture Quote #1

My change from girl to boy was far less dramatic than the distance anybody travels from infancy to adulthood Picture Quote #1

If love were endless, if it were on tap, it wouldn’t hit us the way it does. And we certainly wouldn’t write about it Picture Quote #1

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I know that attaching memories to books may be going out of the world, but while it lasts, it’s a strong record of your life Picture Quote #1

I spend most of every day writing. I like to write every day if I can. I don’t start extremely early Picture Quote #1

Novelists are always resisting autobiographical readings of their work, because they know how false those can be Picture Quote #1

I have a good memory for early life. My visual memory is good about childhood and adolescence, and less good in the last 10 years. I could probably tell you less what happened in the last 10 years. I remember what houses looked like, sometimes they just pop into my head Picture Quote #1

We knew the pain of winter rushing up your skirt, and the ache of keeping your knees together in class, and how drab and infuriating it was to jump rope while the boys played baseball. We could never understand why the girls cared so much about being mature, or why they felt compelled to compliment each other Picture Quote #1

I hadn’t gotten old enough yet to realize that living sends a person not into the future but back into the past, to childhood and before birth, finally, to commune with the dead. You get older, you puff on the stairs, you enter the body of your father. From there it’s only a quick jump to your grandparents, and then before you know it you’re time traveling. In this life we grow backwards Picture Quote #1

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Remember that day you said you loved me? Remember that? See, you could do that because you’re basically a sane person, who grew up in a loving, sane family. You could take a risk like that. But in my family we didn’t go around saying we loved each other. We went around screaming at each other. So what do I do, when you say you love me? I go and undermine it Picture Quote #1

Mitchell had answered that, as far as he understood them, mystical experiences were significant only to the extent that they changed a person’s conception of reality, and if that changed conception led to a change in behavior and action, a loss of ego Picture Quote #1

The lover’s discourse was of an extreme solitude. The solitude was extreme because it wasn’t physical. It was extreme because you felt it while in the company of the person you loved. It was extreme because it was in your head, the most solitary of places Picture Quote #1

You went out with a girl at first because the sheer sight of her made you weak in the knees. You fell in love and were desperate not to let her get away. And yet the more you thought about her, the less you knew who she was. The hope was that love transcended all differences. That was the hope Picture Quote #1

I tell my students that when you write, you should pretend you’re writing the best letter you ever wrote to the smartest friend you have. That way, you’ll never dumb things down. You won’t have to explain things that don’t need explaining. You’ll assume an intimacy and a natural shorthand, which is good because readers are smart and don’t wish to be condescended to Picture Quote #1

In the midst of my skeptical, cynical, often pessimistic nature exists a slender capacity to believe, if only temporarily, in a guiding, unseen power, and whenever this happens, I go with it. That’s what inspiration is. You don’t get it from the gods. You make it Picture Quote #1

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College wasn’t like the real world. In the real world people dropped names based on their renown. In college, people dropped names based on their obscurity (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) There comes a moment, when you get lost in the woods, when the woods begin to feel like home (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) Depression is like a bruise that never goes away. A bruise in your mind. You just got to be careful not to touch it where it hurts. It’s always there, though (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) He remained heartbroken, which meant one of two things: either his love was pure and true and earthshakingly significant; or he was addicted to feeling forlorn, he liked being heartbroken (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) It was possible to feel superior to other people and feel like a misfit at the same time (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) What if you had faith and performed good works, what if you died and went to heaven, and what if all the people you met there were people you didn’t like? (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) Yes, you need a passport to prove to the world that you exist. The people at passport control, they cannot look at you and see you are a person. No! They have to look at a little photograph of you. Then they believe you exist (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) It was amazing how it worked: the tiniest bit of truth made credible the greatest lies (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) Their desire was silent yet magnificent, like a thousand daisies attuning their faces toward the path of the sun (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) It was something every child knew how to do, maintain a direct and full connection with the world. Somehow you forgot about it as you grew up, and had to learn it again (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) Some cities have fallen into ruin and some are built upon ruins but others contain their own ruins while still growing (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) The only way we know it’s true is that we both dreamed it. That’s what reality is. It’s a dream everyone has together (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) Whenever we got a glimpse, their faces looked indecently revealed, as though we were used to seeing women in veils (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) It was like autumn, looking at her. it was like driving up north to see the colors (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) I think, especially when you're in college, each book that you're reading tends to tell you who you are (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) They made us participate in their own madness, because we couldn’t help but retrace their steps, rethink their thoughts, and see that none of them led to us (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) My change from girl to boy was far less dramatic than the distance anybody travels from infancy to adulthood (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) If love were endless, if it were on tap, it wouldn’t hit us the way it does. And we certainly wouldn’t write about it (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) I know that attaching memories to books may be going out of the world, but while it lasts, it’s a strong record of your life (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) I spend most of every day writing. I like to write every day if I can. I don’t start extremely early (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) Novelists are always resisting autobiographical readings of their work, because they know how false those can be (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) I have a good memory for early life. My visual memory is good about childhood and adolescence, and less good in the last 10 years. I could probably tell you less what happened in the last 10 years. I remember what houses looked like, sometimes they just pop into my head (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) We knew the pain of winter rushing up your skirt, and the ache of keeping your knees together in class, and how drab and infuriating it was to jump rope while the boys played baseball. We could never understand why the girls cared so much about being mature, or why they felt compelled to compliment each other (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) I hadn’t gotten old enough yet to realize that living sends a person not into the future but back into the past, to childhood and before birth, finally, to commune with the dead. You get older, you puff on the stairs, you enter the body of your father. From there it’s only a quick jump to your grandparents, and then before you know it you’re time traveling. In this life we grow backwards (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) Remember that day you said you loved me? Remember that? See, you could do that because you’re basically a sane person, who grew up in a loving, sane family. You could take a risk like that. But in my family we didn’t go around saying we loved each other. We went around screaming at each other. So what do I do, when you say you love me? I go and undermine it (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) Mitchell had answered that, as far as he understood them, mystical experiences were significant only to the extent that they changed a person’s conception of reality, and if that changed conception led to a change in behavior and action, a loss of ego (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) The lover’s discourse was of an extreme solitude. The solitude was extreme because it wasn’t physical. It was extreme because you felt it while in the company of the person you loved. It was extreme because it was in your head, the most solitary of places (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) You went out with a girl at first because the sheer sight of her made you weak in the knees. You fell in love and were desperate not to let her get away. And yet the more you thought about her, the less you knew who she was. The hope was that love transcended all differences. That was the hope (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) I tell my students that when you write, you should pretend you’re writing the best letter you ever wrote to the smartest friend you have. That way, you’ll never dumb things down. You won’t have to explain things that don’t need explaining. You’ll assume an intimacy and a natural shorthand, which is good because readers are smart and don’t wish to be condescended to (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes) In the midst of my skeptical, cynical, often pessimistic nature exists a slender capacity to believe, if only temporarily, in a guiding, unseen power, and whenever this happens, I go with it. That’s what inspiration is. You don’t get it from the gods. You make it (Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes)

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