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?
JONATHAN SAFRAN FOERI can forgive you for leaving, but not for coming back.
More Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes
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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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Everything is to protect you. I exist in case you need to be protected.
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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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While it is always possible to wake a person who’s sleeping, no amount of noise will wake a person who is pretending to be asleep.
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I do think ordinariness is, in a way, the enemy, but not ordinariness as the opposite of flamboyance.
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If we communicated with something like music, we would never be misunderstood, because there is nothing in music to understand.
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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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I regret that it takes a life to learn how to live.
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Feeding my children is not like feeding myself: it matters more.
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One day you will do things for me that you hate. That is what it means to be family.
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Sometimes you have to put your fears in order.
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My life story is the story of everyone I’ve ever met.
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Isn’t it strange how upset people get about a few dozen baseball players taking growth hormones, when we’re doing what we’re doing to our food animals and feeding them to our children?
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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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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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