A changeableness, too, as if beneath my visible face there was another, having second thoughts.
Jeffrey EugenidesMy change from girl to boy was far less dramatic than the distance anybody travels from infancy to adulthood.
Jeffrey Eugenidesgirls forbidden to dance would only attract husbands with bad complexions and sunken chests.
Jeffrey EugenidesIt was like autumn, looking at her. it was like driving up north to see the colors.
Jeffrey EugenidesWell, marriage doesn't function in the way it used to in terms of deciding our fate, but it's in our heads, and it determines a lot of our actions. Like, right now, if you think about gay marriage - and they just started having the first gay marriages in New York - it shows what a potent idea marriage remains for people.
Jeffrey Eugenides