understood life did. early age knew little value world placed books, d — Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex

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But maybe they understood more about life than I did. From an early age they knew what little value the world placed in books, and so didn't waste their time with them. Whereas I, even now, persist in believing that these black marks on white paper bear the greatest significance, that if I keep writing, I might be able to catch the rainbow of consciousness in a jar.

Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex

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