Jonathan Safran Foer quotes

Not responding is a response - we are equally responsible for what we don't …Not responding is a response - we are equally responsible for what we don't do.

Silence Responsibility

It was not the feeling of completeness I so needed, but the feeling of not being …It was not the feeling of completeness I so needed, but the feeling of not being empty.

Life Feeling

You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from …You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.

Happiness Truth Sadness

I'm so afraid of losing something I love that I refuse to love …I'm so afraid of losing something I love that I refuse to love anything

Life Love Short Fear

Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not …Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not living.

Life

I regret that it takes a life to learn how to …I regret that it takes a life to learn how to live.

Life Short Wisdom

One day you will do things for me that you hate. That is what it means to be …One day you will do things for me that you hate. That is what it means to be family.

Family Love Relationship

So many people enter and leave your life! Hundreds of thousands of people! You have to keep the …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!

Life Book People

I think and think and think, I've thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once …I think and think and think, I've thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it.

Happiness Thought

I don't think that there are any limits to how excellent we could make life …I don't think that there are any limits to how excellent we could make life seem.

Happiness Life

The mistakes I've made are dead to me. But I can't take back the things I never …The mistakes I've made are dead to me. But I can't take back the things I never did.

Life Mistake

I imagine a line, a white line, painted on the sand and on the ocean, from me to …I imagine a line, a white line, painted on the sand and on the ocean, from me to you.

Love






Jonathan Safran Foer Life quotes


Life Quotes
Why didn't I learn to treat everything like it was the last time. My greatest regret was how much I …Why didn't I learn to treat everything like it was the last time. My greatest regret was how much I believed in the future.

Life Time Future

She was like a drowning person, flailing, reaching for anything that might save her. Her life was …She was like a drowning person, flailing, reaching for anything that might save her. Her life was an urgent, desperate struggle to justify her life.

Life

It has shown me that everything is illuminated in the light of the past. It is always along the …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.

Life Past Light



All Jonathan Safran Foer quotes


With writing, we have second …With writing, we have second chances.

Writing

He promised us that everything would be okay. I was a child, but I knew that everything would not …He promised us that everything would be okay. I was a child, but I knew that everything would not be okay. That did not make my father a liar. It made him my father.

Love

Humans are the only animal that blushes, laughs, has religion, wages war, and kisses with lips. So …Humans are the only animal that blushes, laughs, has religion, wages war, and kisses with lips. So in a way, the more you kiss with lips, the more human you are. And the more you wage war.

War

I hated myself for going, why couldn't I be the kind of person who …I hated myself for going, why couldn't I be the kind of person who stays?

'Why do beautiful songs make you sad?' 'Because they aren't true.' 'Never?' 'Nothing is beautiful …'Why do beautiful songs make you sad?' 'Because they aren't true.' 'Never?' 'Nothing is beautiful and true.'

Beauty Truth Sadness

Songs are as sad as the …Songs are as sad as the listener.

Music Short Perception

Time was passing like a hand waving from a train I wanted to be on. I hope you never have to think …Time was passing like a hand waving from a train I wanted to be on. I hope you never have to think about anything as much as I think about you.

Love Pain

'Why are you leaving me?' He wrote, 'I do not know how to live.' 'I do not know either but I am …"Why are you leaving me?" He wrote, "I do not know how to live." "I do not know either but I am trying." "I do not know how to try." There were some things I wanted to tell him. But I knew they would hurt him. So I buried them and let them hurt me

Emotions

Feathers filled the small room. Our laughter kept the feathers in the air. I thought about birds. …Feathers filled the small room. Our laughter kept the feathers in the air. I thought about birds. Could they fly if there wasn't someone, somewhere, laughing?