Jeffrey Eugenides Quote Explained: We listened to them, but it was clear they'd received too much therapy to know the truth.

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The trees like lungs filling with air. My sister, the mean one, pulling my hair.

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But I care about the reader, and I’m trying to keep the reader’s attention for as long as I can.

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Attention

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Every novelist should possess a hermaphroditic imagination.

- Jeffrey Eugenides

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No matter how long your’ve been at it, you always start from scratch.

- Jeffrey Eugenides

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Capitalism has resulted in material well-being but spiritual bankruptcy.

- Jeffrey Eugenides

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She was a large, disordered woman, like a child’s drawing that didn’t stay within the lines.

- Jeffrey Eugenides

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He had the feeling that there was something physically behind his eyes, blocking the light.

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Can you see me? All of me? Probably not. No one ever really has.

- Jeffrey Eugenides

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We listened to them, but it was clear they’d received too much therapy to know the truth.

We listened to them, but it was clear they’d received too much therapy to know the truth.

The trees like lungs filling with air. My sister, the mean one, pulling my hair.

But I care about the reader, and I’m trying to keep the reader’s attention for as long as I can.

Every novelist should possess a hermaphroditic imagination.

No matter how long your’ve been at it, you always start from scratch.

Capitalism has resulted in material well-being but spiritual bankruptcy.

She was a large, disordered woman, like a child’s drawing that didn’t stay within the lines.

He had the feeling that there was something physically behind his eyes, blocking the light.

Can you see me? All of me? Probably not. No one ever really has.

To go into therapy is an adventure, not really to iron anything out.

I love being in therapy. It’s just constantly fulfilling for me.

People don’t come to therapy for exclamation; they come for experience.

Always admit when you’re wrong. You’ll save thousands in therapy… and a few friendships too.

Things have to be done fast in America , and therefore therapy has to be brief.

There are people who have benefited from therapy without being confronted with the past at all.

You know, I don’t think, you know, therapy never ends, really.

I think it’s therapeutic when we play. It’s just like therapy.

We listened to them, but it was clear they’d received too much therapy to know the truth.

We listened to them, but it was clear they’d received too much therapy to know the truth.

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