Survival is insufficient.
Jennifer Egan – A Visit From the Goon Squad
Insufficient Survival
I
Silver iPod Metaphor
S
You grew up with a silver iPod in your mouth.
Jennifer Egan – A Visit From the Goon Squad
Road of Change
R
It’s never too late to change the road you’re on.
Jennifer Egan – A Visit From the Goon Squad
Understanding Time
U
But it was also the moment when the lights turned on for me as far as understanding how you can no longer rely on time.
Jennifer Egan – A Visit From the Goon Squad
Desire for Transformation
D
Redemption, transformation—God, how she wanted these things. Every day, every minute. Didn’t everyone?
Jennifer Egan – A Visit From the Goon Squad
Aging Revealed
A
The pauses became the cracks through which you could see how much she’d aged.
Jennifer Egan – A Visit From the Goon Squad
Flaming Not Fading
F
I don’t want to fade away, I want to flame away—I want my death to be an attraction, a spectacle, a mystery. A work of art.
Jennifer Egan – A Visit From the Goon Squad
Power in Silence
P
Power is not having to respond.
Jennifer Egan – A Visit From the Goon Squad
Underwater Existence
U
She had the sensation that she’d been living underwater, moving her limbs with difficulty, seeing everything through a filter of thick glass.
Jennifer Egan – A Visit From the Goon Squad
Inescapable Memory
I
He was like a song she couldn’t get out of her head.
Jennifer Egan – A Visit From the Goon Squad