If Mitchell was ever going to become a good Christian, he would have to stop disliking people so intensely.
Jeffrey EugenidesRemember that day you said you loved me? Remember that? See, you could do that because you're basically a sane person, who grew up in a loving, sane family. You could take a risk like that. But in my family we didn't go around saying we loved each other. We went around screaming at each other. So what do I do, when you say you love me? I go and undermine it.
Jeffrey EugenidesIt was amazing how it worked: the tiniest bit of truth made credible the greatest lies.
Jeffrey Eugenides