Quotessence
Home / Authors / Jennifer Egan
Jennifer Egan

Jennifer Egan Quotes

Novelist

Filter quotes by topic

AllWayThinkingWritingFeelsIfsKnowsPeopleLooksFeltFictionPersonsSeemsWantYearsFirstsInterestingMomentsRealGirlHair

Famous Jennifer Egan Quotes

“They resumed walking. Alex felt an ache in his eyes and throat. "I don't know what happened to me," he said, shaking his head. "I honestly don't." Bennie glanced at him, a middle-aged man with chaotic silver hair and thoughtful eyes. "You grew up, Alex," he said, "just like the rest of us.”

KnowsMenSaidEyeFeltHappenedMiddleHairGrewWalkingGrew UpHonestlyHis EyesThoughtfulSilverThroatAcheShakingAlexChaoticMiddle Aged
Book:A Visit From the Goon Squad
Create image

“Stu walked Bennie over to Chris in the chair and parted his hair to reveal some tan little creatures the size of poppy seeds moving around on his scalp. Bennie felt himself grow faint.'Lice' the barber whispered.'They get it at school'. 'But he goes to private school' Bernie had blurted.'In Crandale,New York!”

LittlesSchoolMovingGrowsFeltNew YorkHairCreaturesSizeSeedsChairsPoppiesPrivate SchoolBarbersLice
Book:A Visit From the Goon Squad
Create image

“Nineteen eighty is almost here, thank God. the hippies are getting old, they blew their brains on acid and now they're begging on street corners all over San Francisco. Their hair is tangled and their bare feet are thick and gray as shoes. We're sick of them.”

BrainFeetStreetsHairSickShoesCornersGrayThank GodThickGetting OldSan FranciscoEightyAcidHippieBeggingTangledNineteenStreet CornersBare Feet
Book:A Visit From the Goon Squad
Create image

“And for an instant he would remember Naples: sitting with Sasha in her tiny room; the jolt of surprise and delight he'd felt when the sun finally dropped into the center of her window and was captured inside her circle of wire. Now he turned to her, grinning. Her hair and face were aflame with orange light. "See," Sasha muttered, eyeing the sun. "It's mine.”

LightRememberFacesFeltRoomsSunMinesHairSittingWindowSurpriseDelightTinyCirclesInstantOrangeWireCapturedGrinningNaples
Book:A Visit From the Goon Squad
Create image