I want an infinitely blank book and the rest of time.
JONATHAN SAFRAN FOERWorthy would-be worlds of words, whorls of working wonder.
More Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes
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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.
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She extended a hand that I didn’t know how to take, so I broke its fingers with my silence.
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It is not a thing that you can imagine. It only is. After that, there can be no imagining.
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A few weeks after the worst day, I started writing lots of letters. I don’t know why, but it was one of the only things that made my boots lighter.
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With writing, we have second chances.
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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.
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It can be challenge enough to have to eat with myself.
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Is that growing old? Or is it something worse?
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I regret that it takes a life to learn how to live.
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In my family, Father is the world champion at ending conversations.
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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?
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Once you hear something, you can never return to the time before you heard it.
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I was of the opinion that the past is past, and like all that is not now it should remain buried along the side of our memories.
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Cruelty depends on an understanding of cruelty, and the ability to choose against it. Or to choose to ignore it.
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If the thrill of hunting were in the hunt, or even in the marksmanship, a camera would do just as well.
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