Quotes by Meg Wolitzer, The Interestings

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But, she knew, you didn’t have to marry your soulmate, and you didn’t even have to marry an Interesting. You didn’t alwa — Meg Wolitzer, The Interestings
But this post-college world felt different from everything that had come before it; art was still central, but now every — Meg Wolitzer, The Interestings
For while they'd stayed close during the absurd years of his sharp rise, having children had knocked it all into a diffe — Meg Wolitzer, The Interestings
There was no life Dennis burned to live except, it seemed, a life that wasn't depressed. — Meg Wolitzer, The Interestings
Is there anything sadder than the scrawniest little piece of uneaten chicken at a dinner party?”“Hmm,” said Jules. “Yes. — Meg Wolitzer, The Interestings
It wasn't easy to understand how the love between two other people could diminish you. If those two people were still ac — Meg Wolitzer, The Interestings
The mystery of desire was way beyond the conceptual abilities of Jules Jacobson. It was like ... robotics. Just another — Meg Wolitzer, The Interestings
If someone said 'diametrically,' could 'opposed' be far behind? — Meg Wolitzer, The Interestings
Once, a few years earlier, Jules had gone to see a play at Ash’s theater, and afterward, during the “talkback,” when the — Meg Wolitzer, The Interestings
After a certain age, you felt a need not to be alone. It grew stronger, like a radio frequency, until finally it was so — Meg Wolitzer, The Interestings
Wasn't the whole point of being an artist, or at least part of it, that you didn't have to wear a tie? — Meg Wolitzer, The Interestings
...You want to know whether the problems that you teenagers feel—will they follow you over the rest of your lives? Will — Meg Wolitzer, The Interestings
Soon, she and the rest of them would be ironic much of the time, unable to answer an innocent question without giving th — Meg Wolitzer, The Interestings
Dennis was present, still present, and this, she thought as she stayed landed against him, was no small talent. — Meg Wolitzer, The Interestings
Though Jonah felt transfixed inside his own childhood, no one else saw him as a child. He was already over the hump of m — Meg Wolitzer, The Interestings
We had a good marriage," he said. "I just thought it would be so much longer." Then he shrugged, and coughed away a sob, — Meg Wolitzer, The Interestings
But here was where the question of talent became slippery, for who could say whether Spirit-in-the-Woods had ever pulled — Meg Wolitzer, The Interestings
I always thought talent was everything, but maybe it was always money. Or even class. Or if not class exactly, connectio — Meg Wolitzer, The Interestings
She understood that it had never just been about talent: it had also always been about money. Ethan was brilliant at wha — Meg Wolitzer, The Interestings
Jealousy was essentially "I want what you have," while envy was "I want what you have, but I also want to take it away s — Meg Wolitzer, The Interestings