There were things I wanted to tell him. But I knew they would hurt him. So I buried them, and let them hurt me.
JONATHAN SAFRAN FOERThere were things I wanted to tell him. But I knew they would hurt him. So I buried them, and let them hurt me.
JONATHAN SAFRAN FOERIt’s hard to say goodbye to the place you’ve lived. It can be as hard as saying goodbye to a person.
JONATHAN SAFRAN FOERIronically, the utterly unselective omnivore — “I’m easy; I’ll eat anything” — can appear more socially sensitive than the individual who tries to eat in a way that is good for society.
JONATHAN SAFRAN FOERBut I believe that things are extremely complicated, and her looking over me was as complicated as anything could ever be. But it was also incredibly simple.
JONATHAN SAFRAN FOERAnd she would say, “Today you believe in God?” And he would say, “Today I believe in love”.
JONATHAN SAFRAN FOERSadness of not knowing enough words to [express what you mean].
JONATHAN SAFRAN FOERLet love write on you for awhile.
JONATHAN SAFRAN FOERThe hardest part of writing is not to get the ideas but to remember, why it is important to get them.
JONATHAN SAFRAN FOERI hope that one day you will have the experience of doing something you do not understand for someone you love.
JONATHAN SAFRAN FOERWe live in a world made up more of story than stuff. We are creatures of memory more than reminders, of love more than likes.
JONATHAN SAFRAN FOERI want an infinitely blank book and the rest of time.
JONATHAN SAFRAN FOEROne hundred years of joy can be erased in one second.
JONATHAN SAFRAN FOERI do think ordinariness is, in a way, the enemy, but not ordinariness as the opposite of flamboyance.
JONATHAN SAFRAN FOERI could not believe in a God that would challenge faith like this.
JONATHAN SAFRAN FOERI put my hand on the doorknob because I thought maybe her hand was on the doorknob on the other side.
JONATHAN SAFRAN FOEROne day you will do things for me that you hate. That is what it means to be family.
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