We spent our lives making livings.
JONATHAN SAFRAN FOERWe aren’t exactly emptying the oceans; it’s more like clear-cutting a forest with thousands of species to create massive fields with one type of soybean.
More Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes
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I missed you even when I was with you. That’s been my problem. I miss what I already have, and I surround myself with things that are missing.
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Only humans can cry tears.
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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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Sometimes people who seem good end up being not as good as you might have hoped, you know?
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I was more alone than if I had been alone.
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I looked at everyone and wondered where they came from, and who they missed, and what they were sorry for.
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I hope that one day you will have the experience of doing something you do not understand for someone you love.
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It’s hard to say goodbye to the place you’ve lived. It can be as hard as saying goodbye to a person.
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Sadness of not knowing enough words to [express what you mean].
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This is love, she thought, isn’t it? When you notice someone’s absence and hate that absence more than anything? More, even, than you love his presence?
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She extended a hand that I didn’t know how to take, so I broke its fingers with my silence.
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I could not believe in a God that would challenge faith like this.
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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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I regret that it takes a life to learn how to live.
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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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