Lux spent the ride dialing the radio for her favorite song. "It makes me crazy," she said. "You know they're playing it somewhere, but you have to find it.
Jeffrey EugenidesA changeableness, too, as if beneath my visible face there was another, having second thoughts.
Jeffrey EugenidesI had a briefcase at one point, but it was a kind of 1980s New Wave briefcase. It was made of some kind of cardboard and it had metal hinges. It was kind of faux industrial looking, and I used to carry my books in it rather than a backpack. I didn't want to have normal student accoutrements.
Jeffrey EugenidesMy change from girl to boy was far less dramatic than the distance anybody travels from infancy to adulthood.
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