You are the only one who has understood even a whisper of me, and I will tell you that I am the only person who has understood even a whisper of you.
JONATHAN SAFRAN FOERMemory was supposed to fill the time, but it made time a hole to be filled.
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Once you hear something, you can never return to the time before you heard it.
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Part of living your life is an awareness of the opportunities that can be missed and an awareness that time moves in one direction.
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Feeding my children is not like feeding myself: it matters more.
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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.
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I dreamt four nights ago of clock hands descending from the universe like rain, of the moon as a green eye, of mirrors and insects, of a love that never withdrew. It was not the feeling of completeness that I so needed, but the feeling of not being empty.
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We spent our lives making livings.
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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.
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You can call your turkey organic and torture it daily.
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I felt, that night, on that stage, under that skull, incredibly close to everything in the universe, but also extremely alone.
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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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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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Why does watching a dog be a dog fill one with happiness?
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Let love write on you for awhile.
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Silently the animal catches our glance. The animal looks at us, and whether we look away or not, we are exposed. Whether we change our lives or do nothing, we have responded. To do nothing is to do something.
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I have so much to say to you. I want to begin at the beginning, because that is what you deserve. I want to tell you everything, without leaving out a single detail. But where is the beginning? And what is everything?
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