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  1. Jonathan Franzen _ The Corrections

    The shame and disorder in his house were like the shame and disorder in his head.
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  2. Jonathan Franzen _ The Corrections

    I'm saying that children are not supposed to get along with their parents. Your parents are not supposed to be your best friends. There's supposed to be some element of rebellion. That's how you define yourself as a person.
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  3. Jonathan Franzen _ The Corrections

    His problem consisted of a burning wish not to have done the things he'd done.
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  4. Jonathan Franzen _ Farther Away

    The problem with making a virtual world of oneself is akin to the problem with projecting ourselves onto a cyberworld: there's no end of virtual spaces in which to seek stimulation, but their very endlessness, the perpetual stimulation without satisfaction, becomes imprisoning.
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