Black Box Quotes

“It is technically impossible for a man to look better in a Speedo than in swim trunks.”
― Jennifer Egan, Black Box

“Hindsight creates the illusion that your life has led you inevitably to the present moment.”
― Jennifer Egan, Black Box

“Then tell them, faintly, 'I heard screaming'. Men with a history of violence live in fear of retribution.”
― Jennifer Egan, Black Box

“We are most reluctant to hurt those who remind us of ourselves.”
― Jennifer Egan, Black Box

“Technology has afforded ordinary people a chance to glow in the cosmos of human achievement.”
― Jennifer Egan, Black Box

“Even the most secure houses achieve, in deep night, a state of relative unconsciousness.”
― Jennifer Egan, Black Box