“She wanted a book to take her places she couldn't get to herself.”
Zdroj: The Marriage Plot
Jeffrey Kent Eugenides is an American novelist and short story writer. He has written numerous short stories and essays, as well as three novels: The Virgin Suicides , Middlesex , and The Marriage Plot . The Virgin Suicides served as the basis of a feature film, while Middlesex received the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in addition to being a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the International Dublin Literary Award, and France's Prix Médicis. Wikipedia
“She wanted a book to take her places she couldn't get to herself.”
Zdroj: The Marriage Plot
“and she had succeeded, on the second try, in hurling herself out of the world.”
Zdroj: The Virgin Suicides
“Winter is the season of alcoholism and despair.”
Zdroj: The Virgin Suicides
“They're just memories now. Time to write them off.”
Zdroj: The Virgin Suicides
“The zipper opened all the way down our spines.”
Zdroj: The Virgin Suicides
“The time has to be right and the heart willing.”
Zdroj: The Virgin Suicides
“Capitalism has resulted in material well-being but spiritual bankruptcy.”
Zdroj: The Virgin Suicides
“The seeds of death get lost in the mess that God made us.”
Zdroj: The Virgin Suicides
“During a warm winter rain… the basins of her collarbones collected water.”
Zdroj: The Virgin Suicides
“It was possible to feel superior to other people and feel like a misfit at the same time.”
Zdroj: The Marriage Plot
“The trees like lungs filling with air
My sister, the mean one, pulling my hair”
Zdroj: The Virgin Suicides
“Scars crossed her welded wrists.”
Zdroj: The Virgin Suicides
“Every letter was a love letter.”
Zdroj: The Marriage Plot
“Grief is natural,' she said. 'Overcoming it is a matter of choice.”
Zdroj: The Virgin Suicides
“She wanted out of that decorating scheme.”
Zdroj: The Virgin Suicides