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Jenny Offill is an American novelist born in 1968. Her works are known for their unique sense of humor and profound insights into the complexities of modern life. Her novel 'Department of Speculation' won the National Book Award in the United States in 2016.

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“It is easy in retrospect to see why he’d want to go. There are two women who are furious at him. To make one happy, he must take the subway across town and arrive on her doorstep. To make the other happy, he must wear for some infinitely long period of time a hair shirt woven out of her own hair.”

Marriage Infidelity

Book:Dept. of Speculation

Source: Dept. of Speculation

“There is a husband who requires mileage receipts, another who wants sex at three a.m. One who forbids short haircuts, another who refuses to feed the pets. I would never put up with that, all the other wives think. Never. But my agent has a theory. She says every marriage is jerry-rigged. Even the ones that look reasonable from the outside are held together with chewing gum and wire and string.”

Marriage Trust Spouses

Book:Dept. of Speculation

Source: Dept. of Speculation

“Taller? Thinner? Quieter? Easier, he says.”

Book:Dept. of Speculation

Source: Dept. of Speculation

About the Author

Born: 1968
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 41

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