“The humming of my parents' voices from behind my bedroom wall, which throughout my childhood had filled me with a sense of security, had now become a source of anxiety and panic.”
Jeffrey Eugenides
Middlesex
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
Similar quotes
“I had a hard childhood. Hard for my parents. Not that bad for me.”
Michael Grant
Hunger
“Crystal and Starbucks had saved my life. Saved me from my pursuit of empty symbols, but also my anxiety about a fear-filled superficial life that hadn't been, in the end, helpful or even enjoyable for me”
Michael Gates Gill
How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else
“I rested my head on the wall behind me and closed my eyes, wishing my life had a button: Ignore All.”
Rachel Brady
Final Approach
“The torments of my mind and the source of my hell now fit into a prescribed form. They had always had a name.”
Bethany Pierce
Feeling for Bones
“Since when had I become such a slave to security? Since when had my dream to be my own boss morphed into merely working for my dream boss?”
Meg Donohue
How to Eat a Cupcake