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She held herself very straight, like Audrey Hepburn, whom all women idolize and men never think about.

She held herself very straight, like Audrey Hepburn, whom all women idolize and men never think about.

Jeffrey Eugenides
Men, Thinking, Virgin Suicides
Jeffrey Eugenides (1993). “The Virgin Suicides: A Novel”, p.123, Macmillan

our job was merely to create the noise that seemed to fascinate them.

Jeffrey Eugenides
Jobs, Noise, Virgin Suicides
Jeffrey Eugenides (1993). “The Virgin Suicides: A Novel”, p.40, Macmillan

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

You don't understand me. I'm a teenager. I've got problems!

Jeffrey Eugenides
Teenager, Problem, Virgin Suicides
"The Virgin Suicides". Book by Jeffrey Eugenides, 1993.

and she had succeeded, on the second try, in hurling herself out of the world

Jeffrey Eugenides
Trying, World, Virgin Suicides
Jeffrey Eugenides (1993). “The Virgin Suicides: A Novel”, p.28, Macmillan

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

Jeffrey Eugenides
Spiritual, Virgin Suicides, Well Being

The seeds of death get lost in the mess that God made us.

Jeffrey Eugenides
Virgin Suicides, Lost, Made

We knew that Cecilia had killed herself because she was a misfit, because the beyond called to her, and we knew that her sisters, once abandoned, felt her calling from that place, too.

Jeffrey Eugenides
Calling, Misfits, Virgin Suicides
Jeffrey Eugenides (1993). “The Virgin Suicides: A Novel”, p.241, Macmillan

We realized that the version of the world they rendered for us was not the version of the world they really believed in.

Jeffrey Eugenides
Parenting, World, Virgin Suicides
Jeffrey Eugenides (1993). “The Virgin Suicides: A Novel”, p.52, Macmillan

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