Jonathan Franzen Quotes

Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
“You may be poor, but the one thing nobody can take away from you is the freedom to fuck up your life whatever way you want to.”  - Freedom [Favorite]

“There is, after all, a kind of happiness in unhappiness, if it's the right unhappiness.”   - Freedom

“But nothing disturbs the feeling of specialness like the presence of other human beings feeling identically special.”  - Freedom

“Integrity's a neutral value. Hyenas have integrity, too. They're pure hyena.”  - Freedom

“But she was seventeen now and not actually dumb. She knew that you could love somebody more than anything and still not love the person all that much, if you were busy with other things.”  - Freedom  [Favorite]