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If the thrill of hunting were in the hunt, or even in the marksmanship, a camera would do just as well.

Jonathan Safran Foer

I watched the sheets breathe when she breathed, like how Dad used to say that trees inhale when people exhale, because I was too young to understand the truth about biological processes.
JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER

Breathe Father Process Tree Understand Young
I do think ordinariness is, in a way, the enemy, but not ordinariness as the opposite of flamboyance.
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Enemy Myself Ordinary Thinking Way
Tomorrow was over the horizon, and would take an entire day to reach.
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Day Future Horizon Reach
Thanksgiving is the holiday that encompasses all others. All of them, from Martin Luther King Day to Arbor Day to Christmas to Valentine’s Day, are in one way or another about being thankful.
JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER

Day Holiday Oneself Thankful
I was more alone than if I had been alone.
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Alone Myself
Shyness is when you turn your head away from something you want.
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Head Shy 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
I can forgive you for leaving, but not for coming back.
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Forgiveness Leave Myself Return
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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Illumination Light Myself Past Side
We believed in our grandmother’s cooking more fervently than we believed in God.
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Believe Cook God
She was with me. She did all of those things and so many more, things I would never tell anyone, and she never even loved me. Now that’s love.
JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER

Herself Love Myself Togetherness
The only thing more painful than being an active forgetter is to be an inert rememberer.
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Active Forget Pain Remember
Why does watching a dog be a dog fill one with happiness?
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Animal Dog Happiness Oneself
Choosing leaf or flesh, factory farm or family farm, does not in itself change the world, but teaching ourselves, our children, our local communities, and our nation to choose conscience over ease can.
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Change Choice Community Conscience Family Farm Local Nation Ourselves Word
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 FOER

Lost Memories Morning Shadow Yourself
Whether we change our lives or do nothing, we have responded. To do nothing is to do something.
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Change Live Ourselves Respond

If the thrill of hunting were in the hunt, or even in the marksmanship, a camera would do just as well.

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