Jonathan Safran Foer quotes - page 12

In the morning, when the nothing vase casts a something shadow, like the memory of someone you've lost, what can you say about that? (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Isn't it strange how upset people get about a few dozen baseball players taking growth hormones, when we're doing what we're doing to our food animals and feeding them to our children? View quote
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I usually write away from home, in coffee shops, on trains, on planes, in friends' houses. I like places where there's stuff going on that you can lift your eyes, see something interesting, overhear a conversation. View quote
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In America right now, we use words like 'smart' to talk about bombs. American rhetoric is grounded in ideas of capital-G Good, capital-E Evil, and it's very clear who is on which side. But in a book you can do just the opposite. You can use all lower-case words. View quote
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I often think about how my sons will come to know about September 11th. Something overheard? A newspaper image? In school? I would prefer that they learn about it from my wife and me, in a deliberate and safe way. But it's hard to imagine ever feeling ready to broach the subject without some impetus. View quote
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She said, 'Believe it or not, I used to be idealistic.' I asked her what 'idealistic' meant. 'It means you live by what you think is right.' 'You don't do that anymore?' 'There are questions I don't ask anymore. View quote
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Just because you're an atheist, that doesn't mean you wouldn't love for things to have reasons for why they are. View quote
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Life is scarier than death. View quote
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It was terrible. All of the things we couldn't share. The room was filled with conversations we weren't having. View quote
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In the end, everyone loses everyone. There was no invention to get around that. View quote
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She repeats things until they are true, or until she can't tell whether they are true or not. She has become an expert at confusing what is with what was with what should be with what could be. (Jonathan Safran Foer)
I have no need for the past, I thought, like a child. I did not consider that the past might have a need for me. View quote
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I don't mind if smiles come at my expense, I'm a small price to pay. View quote
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We've made science experiments of ourselves and our children. View quote
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I hated myself for going, why couldn't I be the kind of person who stays? View quote
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Even if I don't like what I am, I know what I am. My children like what they are, but they don't know what they are. So tell me which is worse. View quote
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We slept in the same bed. There was never a right time to say it. It was always unnecessary. The books in my father's shed were sighing. The sheets were rising and falling around me with Anna's breathing. I thought about waking her. but it was unnecessary. There would be other nights. And how can you say I love you to someone you love? I rolled onto my side and fell asleep next to her. Here is the point of everything I have been trying to tell you... It's always necessary. I love you. View quote
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Do you have any coffee?'...'It stunts my growth, and I'm afraid of death. View quote
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I thought, it's a shame that we have to live, but it's a tragedy that we get to live only one life, because if I'd had two lives, I would have spent one of them with her. View quote
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I need an office, so I can have a place where I don't write. View quote
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Isn't it so weird how the number of dead people is increasing even though the Earth stays the same size, so that one day there isn't going to be room to bury anyone anymore? (Jonathan Safran Foer)
We say no to lots of things that would please us. I would like to punch people every now and then, but I don't. I would like to have something for free rather than pay for it. I would like to skip to the front of the line... I don't mean to brush aside the taste of meat, which is a powerful attraction. But its power is not without limit. View quote
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As I've grown older, I've grown more convinced there's nothing that shouldn't be talked about. If we think we're protecting each other, we're not. View quote
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I have made my own choice, which is vegetarianism, but it's not the choice I'm imposing on anybody else. View quote
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I'm less worried about accomplishment - as younger people always can't help but be - and more concerned with spending my time well, spending time with my family, and reading, learning things. View quote
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