Jennifer Egan Quotes

Emotions run high when you have a bad day; you can't hide it.

I was taught that pain is bad.

I think, often, when you are in just a lot of pain, it comes out as anger.

Negative emotions like hatred destroy our peace of mind.

I don't like bad feelings gnawing away at me.

Rather than have joy, I would rather be absent of pain.

I get depressed when things are not right.

I get very uncomfortable with negativity.

Every once in a while you do have a bad day.

It was a typical day of suckage and blowage.’ (Chris)

Sometimes, just saying that you hate something, and having someone agree with you, can make you feel better about a terrible situation.

It's cold and it's mean spirited and I don't like it here anymore.

Today is just one of those days the sun comes out to really humiliate you.

It's just so hard to feel good, you know?

Any expectation is what pain is.

I was depressed. I was just depressed. I did not want to be a Pittsburgh Steeler because I knew of the record.

Fine!" muttered Mogget. "Wet, cold, and full of holes. Another fun day on the river.

Pain is such an uncomfortable feeling that even a tiny amount of it is enough to ruin every enjoyment.

The thought of being with Shay Wilder makes me want to gouge my eyes out with a butter knife

I can’t exactly describe how I feel but it’s not quite right. And it leaves me cold.

Thus went my first Court Day. I think i'm going to puke.

All Moanday, Tearday, Wailsday, Thumpsday, Frightday, Shatterday.

We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes us.

Later on Lady Maccon was to describe that particular day as the worst of her life. She had neither the soul nor the romanticism to consider childbirth magical or emotionally transporting. So far as she could gather it mostly involved pain indignity and mess. There was nothing engaging or appealing about the process. And as she told her husband firmly she intended never to go through it again.