504 Quotes by Jeffrey Eugenides

Luce even analyzed my prose style to see if I wrote in a linear, masculine way, or in a circular, feminine one.

You don’t understand me. I’m a teenager. I’ve got problems!

I think, especially when you’re in college, each book that you’re reading tends to tell you who you are.

Detroit’s a great music town. If your interaction with it was mainly musical, I’m sure you have a good opinion of the place.

I do not think the patient truly meant to end her life. Her act was a cry for help.

Basically what we have here is a dreamer. Somebody out of touch with reality. When she jumped, she probably thought she’d fly.

By cutting off my hair I was punishing myself for loving someone so much. I was trying to be stronger.

But what humans forget, cells remember. The body, that elephant.

It is said: San Francisco is where young people go to retire.