"People don't save other people. People save themselves."

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Source : Jeffrey Eugenides (2011). “The Marriage Plot: A Novel”, p.124, Macmillan

Jeffrey Eugenides

“At times like this, adults need a drink”
“My personality was always such that I always look straight forward, never behind or to the side.”
“I have always felt proud of my Oscars and my numerous nominations. This pride is due to the fact it was the result of voters from the members of my own profession. This, of course, is a great compliment for one's work. I hope each winner of an Oscar is as thrilled as I was when I received mine.”
“Do not worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older it will avoid you.”

Source : Joey Adams (1981). “Strictly for laughs”, A & W Publishers, Inc.
“I'm living in a world where there are LGBTQ straight alliances at high schools. I feel pretty psyched on that.”
“Man is forever the same; the same under every form, in all situations and relations that admit of free and unrestrained exertion. The same regard which you have for yourself, you have for others, for nature, for the invisible ... which you call God.”
“I did a load of medicine cabinets a long time ago and I named them after Sex Pistols songs. I suppose I must be getting old if I'm naming work after Philip Larkin poems.”
“Any city has to give some thought to its ambition and brand in order to set sustainability goals.”

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