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.
You never get over it, but you get to where it doesn't bother you so much. - Jeffrey Eugenides
You never get over it, but you get to where it doesn't bother you so much.
- Jeffrey Eugenides
Can you see me? All of me? Probably not. No one ever really has. - Jeffrey Eugenides
Can you see me? All of me? Probably not. No one ever really has.
People don't save other people. People save themselves. - Jeffrey Eugenides
People don't save other people. People save themselves.
All wisdom ends in paradox. - Jeffrey Eugenides
All wisdom ends in paradox.
She wanted a book to take her places she couldn't get to herself. - Jeffrey Eugenides
She wanted a book to take her places she couldn't get to herself.
Biology gives you a brain. Life turns it into a mind. - Jeffrey Eugenides
Biology gives you a brain. Life turns it into a mind.
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
There are some books that reached through the noise of life to grab you by the collar and speak only of the truest things.
Capitalism has resulted in material well-being but spiritual bankruptcy. - Jeffrey Eugenides
Capitalism has resulted in material well-being but spiritual bankruptcy.
I was thinking how amazing it was that the world contained so many lives. Out in these streets people were embroiled in a thousand different matters,… - Jeffrey Eugenides
I was thinking how amazing it was that the world contained so many lives. Out in these streets people were embroiled in a thousand different matters,…
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