We shared the smile of recognizing ourselves in each other, how many imposters do I have? Do we all make the same mistakes, or has one of us gotten it right, or even just a bit less wrong, am I the imposter?
JONATHAN SAFRAN FOERIn truth I was manufacturing a brick wall of shits.
More Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes
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I never confused what I had with what I was.
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Every moment before this one depends on this one.
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It broke my heart into more pieces than my heart was made of, why can’t people say what they mean at the time?
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I felt suddenly shy. I was not used to shy. I was used to shame. Shyness is when you turn your head away from something you want. Shame is when you turn your head away from something you do not want.
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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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Being with him made my brain quiet. I didn’t have to invent a thing.
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Time was passing like a hand waving from a train that I wanted to be on.
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Fiction works when it makes a reader feel something strongly.
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What does it remember like?
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I shook my tambourine the whole time, because it helped me remember that even though I was going through different neighborhoods, I was still me.
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Please be truthful, but also please be benevolent, please.
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So many people enter and leave your life! Hundreds of thousands of people! You have to keep the door open so they can come in! But it also means you have to let them go!
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One hundred years of joy can be erased in one second.
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I woke up once in the middle of the night, and Buckminster’s paws were on my eyelids. He must have been feeling my nightmares.
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Is that growing old? Or is it something worse?
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