Too clear, too clean. The problem was precision, perfection;

Jennifer Egan


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But it was another girl, young and new to the city, fiddling with her keys.

Jennifer Egan


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I picture it like Judgement Day,' he says finally, his eyes on the water. 'We'll rise up out of our bodies and find each other again in spirit form. We'll meet in that new place, all of us together, and first it'll seem strange, and pretty soon it'll seem strange that you could ever lose someone, or get lost.

Jennifer Egan

Tags: spirituality internet the-future



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I know I'm famous and irresitible - a combination whose properties closely resemble radioactivity - and I know that you in this room are helpless against me.

Jennifer Egan


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They resumed walking. Alex felt an ache in his eyes and throat. "I don't know what happened to me," he said, shaking his head. "I honestly don't."

Bennie glanced at him, a middle-aged man with chaotic silver hair and thoughtful eyes. "You grew up, Alex," he said, "just like the rest of us.

Jennifer Egan

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Stu walked Bennie over to Chris in the chair and parted his hair to reveal some tan little creatures the size of poppy seeds moving around on his scalp. Bennie felt himself grow faint.'Lice' the barber whispered.'They get it at school'. 'But he goes to private school' Bernie had blurted.'In Crandale,New York!

Jennifer Egan


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Everybody sounds stoned, because they're e-mailing people the whole time they're talking to you.

Jennifer Egan

Tags: p123



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and the question is, which one is really “you,

Jennifer Egan


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and it’s all kind of moving and sweet except that you’re not completely there—a part of you is a few feet away, or above, thinking,

Jennifer Egan


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The answers were maddeningly absent—it was like trying to remember a song that you knew made you feel a certain way, without a title, artist, or even a few bars to bring it back.

Jennifer Egan


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