Oedipa Quotes

#1. Because blaming our behavior on forces outside ourselves is a way of avoiding responsibility.

James Redfield

#2. Oedipa stood in the living room, stared at by the greenish dead eye of the TV tube, spoke the name of God, tried to feel as drunk as possible. But this did not work.

Thomas Pynchon

#3. You should tell her how nice
her outfit is because her outfit is her choice whereas her face isn't.

Stephen Chbosky

#4. [Oedipa Maas] awoke at last to find herself getting laid.

Thomas Pynchon

#5. You should also have a bio that plays up your brand - this will be used for any kind of press or speaking engagement. Make it jazzy and exciting, and don't be afraid of language that really touts you.

Kate White

#6. If we are honest with ourselves and listen quietly ... we all harbor one fiercely held aspiration for our healthcare - that it keep us healthy.

Rebecca Onie

#7. Well, that's the thing, isn't it? Everyone always blames the monster
but no one ever blames the one who created it. Isn't that right?" He sneered at Moira's limp form. "Tell me, who is the monster? The creation or the creator? It has to start somewhere.

Jessica Khoury

#8. How do you feel about this terrible thing?"
"Terrible," said Oedipa.
"Wonderful!

Thomas Pynchon

#9. These are the soul's changes. I don't believe in ageing. I believe in forever altering one's aspect to the sun. Hence my optimism.

Virginia Woolf

#10. Pride, if not the origin, is the medium of all wickedness-the atmosphere without which it would instantly die away.

Arthur Helps

#11. He that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened;" for

James Allen

#12. Unrest and pain and sorrow are the shadows of life.

James Allen

#13. You're so sick, Oedipa, she told herself, or the room, which knew.

Thomas Pynchon

#14. Trystero. The word hung in the air as the act ended and all lights were for a moment cut; hung in the dark to puzzle Oedipa Maas, but not yet to exert the power over her it was to.

Thomas Pynchon

#15. Most people don't know how to find the answers, so here how I do it. I just read a book or a film about the topic and I found a lot

Deyth Banger

#16. All she wanted was sax.

Billy Joel

#17. If, as Max Weber contended, science, modernity and rationalism have disenchanted the world and swept it clean of gods, spirits and magic (or, at least, problematised believing in them), then psychedelics offer a potential way out of the ensuing existential impasse. -Andy Letcher

Cameron Adams

#18. I follow a lot of news outlets on Twitter, so I'll just go skim through the headlines and see what's going on.

Michael Che

#19. For me, books have always been a way to feel less alone while being alone.

Jonathan Ames

#20. A man who goes into a restaurant and blatantly disrespects the servers shows a strong discontent with his own being. Deep down he knows that restaurant service is the closest thing he will ever experience to being served like a king.

Criss Jami