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Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes about Feelings

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I don’t know what you’re feeling, I won’t even pretend

I don’t know what you’re feeling, I won’t even pretend

Jeffrey Eugenides
Feelings, Wonderful Life, Virgin Suicides
Jeffrey Eugenides (1993). “The Virgin Suicides: A Novel”, p.46, Macmillan

He remained heartbroken, which meant one of two things: either his love was pure and true and earthshakingly significant; or he was addicted to feeling forlorn, he liked being heartbroken.

Jeffrey Eugenides
Heartbroken, Two, Feelings

Maybe the best proof that the language is patriarchal is that it oversimplifies feeling.

Jeffrey Eugenides
Feelings, Emotion, Language
Jeffrey Eugenides (2003). “Middlesex”, p.217, A&C Black

The more she thought about it, the more Madeleine understood that extreme solitude didn't just describe the way she was feeling about Leonard. It explained how she'd always felt when she was in love. It explained what love was like and, just maybe, what was wrong with it.

Jeffrey Eugenides
Solitude, Feelings, Way
Jeffrey Eugenides (2011). “The Marriage Plot: A Novel”, p.53, Macmillan

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