Like all failed experiments, that one taught me something I didnโt expect: one key ingredient of so-called experience is the delusional faith that it is unique and special, that those included in it are privileged and those excluded from it are missing out.
Jennifer EganIโm sorry and I believe in you and Iโll always be near you, protecting you, and I will never leave you, Iโll be curled around your heart for the rest of your life.
Jennifer Egan[I]t may be that a crowd at a particular moment of history creates the object to justify its gathering.
Jennifer Egan