I’m so afraid of losing something I love that I refuse to love anything.
JONATHAN SAFRAN FOERI am sure people tell you this constantly but if you looked up ‘incredibly beautiful’ in the dictionary there would be a picture of you.
More Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes
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The mistakes I’ve made are dead to me. But I can’t take back the things I never did.
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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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And she would say, “Today you believe in God?” And he would say, “Today I believe in love”.
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There are only some many times you can utter “It does not hurt” before it begins to hurt even more than the hurt.
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You do not have to utter anything you do not want to utter,” I told her, and she said, “Then I would never utter another word again.” “You do not have to do anything that you do not want to do.” “Then I would never do anything again.
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We shared the smile of recognizing ourselves in each other, how many imposters do I have? Do we all make the same mistakes, or has one of us gotten it right, or even just a bit less wrong, am I the imposter?
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It broke my heart into more pieces than my heart was made of, why can’t people say what they mean at the time?
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I hope that one day you will have the experience of doing something you do not understand for someone you love.
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Not responding is a response – we are equally responsible for what we don’t do.
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We spent our lives making livings.
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I want an infinitely blank book and the rest of time.
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So many people enter and leave your life! Hundreds of thousands of people! You have to keep the door open so they can come in! But it also means you have to let them go!
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Everything I did, I did because I thought it was the correct thing to do, I am not a hero, it is true, But I am not a bad person, either.
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As long as I am thinking, I am alive.
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Choosing leaf or flesh, factory farm or family farm, does not in itself change the world, but teaching ourselves, our children, our local communities, and our nation to choose conscience over ease can.
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