Jennifer Egan quotes

Jennifer Egan is an American novelist and short story writer, acclaimed for her innovative narrative techniques. Her novel "A Visit from the Goon Squad" won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and has been praised for its inventive structure. She continues to be a leading voice in contemporary American literature. Here are 63 of her quotes:

There are so many ways to go wrong. All we've got are metaphors, and they're never exactly right. You can never just Say. The. Thing. (Jennifer Egan)
If I had a view like this to look down on every day, I would have the energy and inspiration to conquer the world. The trouble is, when you most need such a view, no one gives it to you. View quote
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th blu nyt th stRs u can't c th hum tht nevr gOs awy. View quote
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When does a fake Mohawk become a real Mohawk? Who decides? How do you know if it's happened? View quote
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Now that Scotty has entered the realm of myth, everyone wants to own him. And maybe they should. Doesn't a myth belong to everyone? View quote
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The sky was electric blue above the trees but the yard felt dark. Stephanie went to the edge of the lawn and sat her forehead on her knees. The grass and soil were still warm from the day. She wanted to cry but she couldn't. The feeling was too deep. View quote
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The pause makes you think the song will end. And then the song isn't really over, so you're relieved. But then the song does actually end, because every song ends, obviously, and THAT. TIME. THE. END. IS. FOR. REAL. View quote
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Everyone we've lost, we'll find. Or they'll find us. View quote
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Read at the level at which you want to write. Reading is the nourishment that feeds the kind of writing you want to do. View quote
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I don't want to fade away, I want to flame away - I want my death to be an attraction, a spectacle, a mystery. A work of art. View quote
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Structural dissatisfaction: Returning to circumstances that once pleased you, after having experienced a more thrilling or opulent way of life, and finding that you can no longer tolerate them. (Jennifer Egan)
Redemption, transformation--God how she wanted these things. Every day, every minute. Didn't everyone? View quote
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The answers were maddeningly absent-it was like trying to remember a song that you knew made you feel a certain way, without a title, artist, or even a few bars to bring it back. View quote
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Sometimes I imagine myself looking back on right now and I think like where will I be standing when I look back Will right now look like the beginning of a great life or... or what. View quote
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Sure, everything is ending," Jules said, "but not yet. View quote
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I did go on safari in Kenya when I was 17, with my mother, stepfather and little brother, and I kept a careful journal of the experience that was very helpful in terms of my sensory impressions of Africa. I have traveled quite a bit at distinct times in my life, though now that I have kids I've settled down. View quote
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Americans are less selfish than some of our politicians believe and will respond with reason and resilience to passionate clarity. View quote
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The world is full of shitheads, Rhea. Don't listen to them-listen to me. And I know that Lou is one of those shitheads. But I listen. View quote
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Kathy was a Republican, one of those people who used the unforgivable phrase "meant to be"--usually when describing her own good fortune or the disasters that had befallen other people. View quote
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This is the music business. 'Five years is five hundred years' - your words. View quote
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and the question is, which one is really "you. (Jennifer Egan)
What he needed was to find fifty more people like him, who had stopped being themselves without realizing it. View quote
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I know I'm famous and irresitible - a combination whose properties closely resemble radioactivity - and I know that you in this room are helpless against me. View quote
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Too clear, too clean. The problem was precision, perfection. View quote
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Kissing Mother Superior, incompetent, hairball, poppy seeds, on the can. View quote
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Jennifer Egan

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Occupation: American Novelist
Born: September 7, 1962
Quotes count: 63

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