Jonathan Safran Foer quotes - page 3

I think and think and think, I‘ve thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it. (Jonathan Safran Foer)
My children not only inspired me to reconsider what kind of eating animal I would be, but also shamed me into reconsideration. View quote
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I did not need to know if he could love me. I needed to know if he could need me. View quote
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It has shown me that everything is illuminated in the light of the past. It is always along the side of us... on the inside, looking out. View quote
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I am doing something I hate for you. This is what it means to be in love. View quote
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Feathers filled the small room. Our laughter kept the feathers in the air. I thought about birds. Could they fly if there wasn't someone, somewhere, laughing? View quote
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The only thing more painful than being an active forgetter is to be an inert rememberer. View quote
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I missed you even when I was with you. That's been my problem. I miss what I already have, and I surround myself with things that are missing. View quote
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I regret that it takes a life to learn how to live. View quote
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She was not crying Which surprised me very much But I understand now That she had found places For her melancholy That were behind more masks Than only her eyes. View quote
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My friends are appeased to stay in Odessa for their entire lives. They are appeased to age like their parents, and become parents like their parents. They do not desire anything more than everything they have known. (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Not responding is a response - we are equally responsible for what we don't do. View quote
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Memory was supposed to fill the time, but it made time a hole to be filled. View quote
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Everything is the way it is because everything was the way it was. View quote
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It's so beautiful at this hour. The sun is low, the shadows are long, the air is cold and clean. You won't be awake for another five hours, but I can't help feeling that we're sharing this clear and beautiful morning. View quote
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The end of the world has come often, and continues to come. View quote
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There's nothing wrong with not understanding yourself. View quote
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I wondered, for the first time in my life, if life was worth all the work it took to live. What exactly made it worth it? View quote
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She let out a laugh, and then she put her hand over her mouth, like she was angry at herself for forgetting her sadness. View quote
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Why didn't I learn to treat everything like it was the last time. My greatest regret was how much I believed in the future. View quote
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One day you will do things for me that you hate. That is what it means to be family. (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Songs are as sad as the listener. View quote
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When I looked at you, my life made sense. Even the bad things made sense. They were necessary to make you possible. View quote
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Shyness is when you turn your head away from something you want. Shame is when you turn your head away from something you do not want. View quote
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She had fallen in love so many times that she began to suspect she was not falling in love at all, but doing something much more ordinary. View quote
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