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I’m so afraid of losing something I love that I refuse to love anything.

Jonathan Safran Foer

I’d rather somebody hate what I do than be indifferent to it.
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Different Hate Myself
Being with him made my brain quiet. I didn’t have to invent a thing.
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Brain Invention Myself Quiet
Words never mean what we want them to mean.
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Meaning Word
Let love write on you for awhile.
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Love Sex Writing Yourself
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.
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Appreciation Division Genius Infinte Sadness Separate
You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.
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Happiness Philosophy Protect Sadness Yourself
Just to be a functioning adult in the world, we develop all of these layers of protection. When we see homeless people, we don’t cry, even though homeless people probably deserve our tears – you know, it’s a horrible thing.
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Adult Cry Deserve Development Function Home Ourselves People World
Feeding my children is not like feeding myself: it matters more.
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Children Feed Myself Worth
I wasn’t having second thoughts, but I was having thoughts.
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Myself Thinking
I didn’t feel empty. I wished I’d felt empty. … I wanted to be empty like an overturned pitcher. But I was full like a stone.
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Empty Feeling Myself Stone
My life story is the story of everyone I’ve ever met.
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Life Myself Story
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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Word Yourself
Food serves two parallel purposes: it nourishes and it helps you remember. Eating and storytelling are inseparable-the saltwater is also tears; the honey not only tastes sweet, but makes us think of sweetness; the matzo is the bread of our affliction.
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Food Help Honey Nourish Ourselves Purpose Remember Serve Tears
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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Bad Character Goodness Myself Person Unknown
We are lying to ourselves and to each other. Lying about what? I don’t care if we’re lying. I am a bad person. I don’t care. I don’t care what you are.
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Bad Each Other Lying Yourself
Worthy would-be worlds of words, whorls of working wonder.
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Wonder Word Work World Worth

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