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Джо́натан Эрл Фра́нзен — американский писатель-романист.

✵ 17. Август 1959   •   Другие имена جاناتان فرانزن, Ջոնաթան Ֆրանզեն, ଜୋନାଥନ ଫ୍ରାନଜେନ
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“Without privacy there was no point in being an individual.”

Jonathan Franzen книга The Corrections

Источник: The Corrections

“What you discovered about yourself in raising children wasn't always agreeable or attractive.”

Jonathan Franzen книга The Corrections

Источник: The Corrections

“Nice people don't necessarily fall in love with nice people.”

Jonathan Franzen книга Freedom

Источник: Freedom

“But the first lesson reading teaches is how to be alone.”

Jonathan Franzen книга How to Be Alone

Источник: How to Be Alone

“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?”

Jonathan Franzen книга The Corrections

Источник: The Corrections (2001)
Контексте: 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 книга The Corrections

Источник: The Corrections

“He couldn't figure out if she was immensely well adjusted or seriously messed up.”

Jonathan Franzen книга The Corrections

Источник: The Corrections

“It took hours to turn the clock back 30 seconds.”

Jonathan Franzen книга Strong Motion

Источник: Strong Motion

“The world was ending then, it's ending still, and I'm happy to belong to it again.”

Jonathan Franzen книга How to Be Alone

Источник: How to Be Alone

“I admire your capacity for admiring.”

Jonathan Franzen книга Freedom

Источник: Freedom

“It's healthy to say uncle when your bone's about to break.”

Jonathan Franzen книга How to Be Alone

Источник: How to Be Alone

“I wanted all of her and resented other boys for wanting any part of her.”

Источник: The Discomfort Zone: A Personal Journey

“His tiredness hurt so much it kept him awake.”

Jonathan Franzen книга The Corrections

Источник: The Corrections