She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separating its numerous strands, appreciating its subtle nuances. She was a prism through which sadness could be divided into its infinite spectrum.
JONATHAN SAFRAN FOERI want an infinitely blank book and the rest of time.
More Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes
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The French, who love their dogs, sometimes eat their horses. The Spanish, who love their horses, sometimes eat their cows. The Indians, who love their cows, sometimes eat their dogs.
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Not responding is a response – we are equally responsible for what we don’t do.
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Art can be very political but that can’t be the purpose of art, it can’t be the driving force. It isn’t with any of the books that I love, anyway.
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There are still many different ways to get stuck, existentially stuck. Feeling like, “This is worthless. I’m wasting my time, and I would be wasting the time of someone who tried to read this.” It happens all 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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Time was passing like a hand waving from a train that I wanted to be on.
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It was not the feeling of completeness I so needed, but the feeling of not being empty.
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Sometimes you have to put your fears in order.
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We talked about nothing in particular, but it felt like we were talking about the most important things.
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Everything is to protect you. I exist in case you need to be protected.
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I love sushi, I love fried chicken, I love steak. But there is a limit to my love.
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The more you love someone, he came to think, the harder it is to tell them. It surprised him that strangers didn’t stop each other on the street to say I love you.
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Love me, because love doesn’t exist, and I have tried everything that does.
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I am sure people tell you this constantly but if you looked up ‘incredibly beautiful’ in the dictionary there would be a picture of you.
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It was one of the best days of my life, a day during which I lived my life and didn’t think about my life at all.
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