She said, “Do you have more things that you need, or more that you don’t need?” I said, “It depends on what it means to need.
JONATHAN SAFRAN FOERI think and think and think, I‘ve thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it.
More Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes
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I can forgive you for leaving, but not for coming back.
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Please be truthful, but also please be benevolent, please.
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The more exposure people have to the realities of factory farming, the more we will see people rejecting it. It’s already happening.
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I felt shame for living in a nation of unprecedented prosperity-a nation that spends a smaller percentage of income on food than any other civilization has in human history-but in the name of affordability treats the animals it eats with cruelty so extreme it would be illegal if inflicted on a dog.
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I felt suddenly shy. I was not used to shy. I was used to shame. 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.
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I want an infinitely blank book and the rest of time.
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One of the greatest opportunities to live our values-or betray them-lies in the food we put on our plates.
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The world is a big place,” he said, “but so is the inside of an apartment!
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It’s the tragedy of loving, you can’t love anything more than something you miss.
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She was with me. She did all of those things and so many more, things I would never tell anyone, and she never even loved me. Now that’s love.
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This is my heart. You are touching it with your left hand. You are touching it with your left hand, not because you are left-handed, although you might be, but because I am holding it against my heart. What you are feeling is the beating of my heart. It is what keeps me alive.
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Let love write on you for awhile.
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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.
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She avoids mirrors, and lifts a powerful telescope to find herself.
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Why does watching a dog be a dog fill one with happiness?
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