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“Without privacy there was no point in being an individual.”
Jonathan Franzen livre The Corrections
Source: The Corrections
“What you discovered about yourself in raising children wasn't always agreeable or attractive.”
Jonathan Franzen livre The Corrections
Source: The Corrections
Jonathan Franzen livre The Corrections
The Corrections (2001)
“Nice people don't necessarily fall in love with nice people.”
Jonathan Franzen livre Freedom
Source: Freedom
“But the first lesson reading teaches is how to be alone.”
Jonathan Franzen livre How to Be Alone
Source: How to Be Alone
Jonathan Franzen livre The Corrections
Source: The Corrections (2001)
Contexte: All around him, millions of newly minted American millionaires were engaged in the identical pursuit of feeling extraordinary - of buying the perfect Victorian, of skiing the virgin slope, of knowing the chef personally, of locating the beach that had no footprints. There were further tens of millions of young Americans who didn't have money but were nonetheless chasing the Perfect Cool. And meanwhile the sad truth was that not everyone could be extraordinary, not everyone could be extremely cool; because whom would this leave to be ordinary? Who would perform the thankless work of being comparatively uncool?
“Fiction is a solution, the best solution, to the problem of existential solitude.”
Jonathan Franzen livre The Corrections
Source: The Corrections
“He couldn't figure out if she was immensely well adjusted or seriously messed up.”
Jonathan Franzen livre The Corrections
Source: The Corrections
Jonathan Franzen livre The Corrections
Source: The Corrections (2001)
“It took hours to turn the clock back 30 seconds.”
Jonathan Franzen livre Strong Motion
Source: Strong Motion
“The world was ending then, it's ending still, and I'm happy to belong to it again.”
Jonathan Franzen livre How to Be Alone
Source: How to Be Alone
“It's healthy to say uncle when your bone's about to break.”
Jonathan Franzen livre How to Be Alone
Source: How to Be Alone
Jonathan Franzen livre How to Be Alone
Source: How to Be Alone
“I wanted all of her and resented other boys for wanting any part of her.”
Source: The Discomfort Zone: A Personal Journey
Jonathan Franzen livre How to Be Alone
Source: How to Be Alone
“His tiredness hurt so much it kept him awake.”
Jonathan Franzen livre The Corrections
Source: The Corrections
