The life story of the five main characters and the secondary characters around them allows Jonathan Franzen to present the full impetus and extent of the world picture of the West at the end of the 20th century.
BATYA GUR
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Don’t compare her to sunshine and roses when she’s clearly orchids and moonlight.
Melody LeeMelody Lee Oh moonlight, continue to shine on me. As you light up the sky, maybe some peace will come to me.
ShamaShama Stop counting the reasons why they should be loved and start counting the many reasons why you are the one who is worth loving.
Ayaka HaseAyaka Hase Sure, there are oceans and seas and magnificent things – but none of them are you.
L.T. PhoenixL.T. Phoenix I wish you the wildest of dreams.
Kate WestKate West The way you look at me, The way you make me feel whole, The way you make me feel safe, thats poetry to me.
Barbara GianquittoBarbara Gianquitto You cannot leave and have me too I cannot exist in two places at once-when you ask if we can still be friends.
Rupi KaurRupi Kaur Live to be happy not to impress.
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Alain de BottonAlain de Botton The development of quantum mechanics early in the twentieth century obliged physicists to change radically the concepts they used to describe the world.
Alain AspectAlain Aspect When the Constitution was written, the founders had no way of anticipating the new technologies that would evolve in the coming centuries.
Al FrankenAl Franken Bill Clinton is the greatest president of the 20th century because I played touch football with him.
Al FrankenAl Franken What has been done is little-scarcely a beginning; yet it is much in comparison with the total blank of a century past.
Agnes Mary ClerkeAgnes Mary Clerke What I discerned in the U.S. was a convergence of poetic voices coming from many different rents in the social fabric, many cultures, many tributaries, which, together, make up the American poetry of the late twentieth century.
Adrienne RichAdrienne Rich The story of the fifth century was one of the exploitation of imperial weakness.
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