# Quote — Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad

> "Women are cunts," his father says. "That's why.”
>
> "They are not—" He can't make himself repeat the word.
>
> "They are," Lou says tightly. "Pretty soon you'll know it for sure."
>
> Rolph turns away from his father. There is nowhere to go, so he jumps into the sea and begins slowly paddling back toward shore. The sun is low, the water choppy and full of shadows. Rolph imagines sharks just under his feet, but he doesn't turn or look back.

- Author: [Jennifer Egan](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jennifer-egan.md)
- Book: [A Visit from the Goon Squad](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jennifer-egan/a-visit-from-the-goon-squad.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jennifer_Egan#A_Visit_from_the_Goon_Squad_(2011)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/jennifer-egan/a-visit-from-the-goon-squad/women-are-cunts

## More from this book

> Bennie's assistant, Sasha, brought him coffee: cream and two sugars. He shimmied a tiny red enameled box from his pocket, popped the tricky latch, pinched a few gold flakes between his trembling fingers, and released them into his cup. He'd begun this regimen two months ago, after reading in a book on Aztec medicine that gold and coffee together were believed to ensure sexual potency. Bennie's goal was more basic than potency: sex drive, his own having mysteriously expired.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jennifer-egan/a-visit-from-the-goon-squad/bennies-assistant-sasha.md)

> Mom makes sculptures in the desert out of trash and our old toys. Eventually her sculptures fall apart, which is “part of the process.”

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jennifer-egan/a-visit-from-the-goon-squad/mom-makes-sculptures.md)

> I can't tell if [Alice’s] actually real, or if she's stopped caring if she's real or not. Or is not caring what makes a person real.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jennifer-egan/a-visit-from-the-goon-squad/i-cant-tell.md)