"You write a novel out of the emotional and psychological stuff that you can’t shake off, or don’t want to. For me, this had to do with memories with being young, bookish, concupiscent, and confused. Safely in my 40s, married and a father, I could look back on the terrifying ecstasy of college love, and try to re-live it, at a safe distance."
―Jeffery Eugenides (via theeye-mote)
―Jeffery Eugenides (via theeye-mote)
"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 (via misswallflower)
―Jeffrey Eugenides (via misswallflower)
"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, money problems, love problems, school problems. People were falling in love, getting married, going to drug rehab, learning how to ice-skate, getting bifocals, studying for exams, trying on clothes, getting their hair-cut and getting born. And in some 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."
―Jeffrey Eugenides (via ouil)
―Jeffrey Eugenides (via ouil)
"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, money problems, love problems, school problems. People were falling in love, getting married, going to drug rehab, learning how to ice-skate, getting bifocals, studying for exams, trying on clothes, getting their hair-cut and getting born. And in some 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."
―Jeffrey Eugenides (via quercetum)
―Jeffrey Eugenides (via quercetum)
"In the end, it wasn’t death that surprised her but the stubborness of life."
―Jeffrey Eugenides, The Virgin Suicides
―Jeffrey Eugenides, The Virgin Suicides
"Basically what we have here is a dreamer. Somebody out of touch with reality. When she jumped, she probably thought she’d fly."
―Jeffrey Eugenides, The Virgin Suicides
―Jeffrey Eugenides, The Virgin Suicides
