Fiction works when it makes a reader feel something strongly. Jonathan Safran Foer More Quotes by Jonathan Safran Foer More Quotes From Jonathan Safran Foer I dreamt four nights ago of clock hands descending from the universe like rain, of the moon as a green eye, of mirrors and insects, of a love that never withdrew. It was not the feeling of completeness that I so needed, but the feeling of not being empty. Jonathan Safran Foer eyemoonrain Is that growing old? Or is it something worse? Jonathan Safran Foer growing-oldgrowing I could not believe in a God that would challenge faith like this. Jonathan Safran Foer atheistchallengesbelieve ...the meaning of my thoughts started to float away from me, like leaves that fall from a tree into a river, I was the tree, the world was the river. Jonathan Safran Foer riverstreefall I was more alone than if I had been alone. Jonathan Safran Foer ifs Sometimes you have to put your fears in order. Jonathan Safran Foer sometimesorder [S]o if the device of the person in the ambulance detected the device of the person he loved the most, or the person who loved him the most, and the person in the ambulance was really badly hurt, and might even die, the ambulance could flash GOODBYE! I LOVE YOU! GOODBYE! I LOVE YOU! Jonathan Safran Foer hurtlove-yougoodbye Everything that's born has to die, which means our lives are like skyscrapers. The smoke rises at different speeds, but they're all on fire, and we're all trapped. Jonathan Safran Foer differentfiremean I wish my days could be washed away like the chalk lines of my days. Jonathan Safran Foer chalklineswish Only humans can cry tears. Jonathan Safran Foer cry-tearscrytears It can be challenge enough to have to eat with myself. Jonathan Safran Foer food-safetyenoughchallenges Silently the animal catches our glance. The animal looks at us, and whether we look away (from the animal, our plate, our concern, ourselves) or not, we are exposed. Whether we change our lives or do nothing, we have responded. To do nothing is to do something Jonathan Safran Foer platesanimallooks Everything else happened - why not the things that could have? Jonathan Safran Foer why-nothappened Also, I designed a pretty fascinating bracelet, where you put a rubber band around your favorite book of poems for a year, and then you take it off and wear it. Jonathan Safran Foer bandbookyears And she would say, "Today you believe in God?" And he would say, "Today I believe in love". Jonathan Safran Foer i-believetodaybelieve The animals are those things that God likes but doesn't love. Jonathan Safran Foer likesanimal It is not a thing that you can imagine. It only is. After that, there can be no imagining. Jonathan Safran Foer imagine Oh,' she said. 'I have never seen a Jew before. Can I see his horns? Jonathan Safran Foer hornsjewsaid Every moment before this one depends on this one. Jonathan Safran Foer dependsmoments I wasn’t trying to invent better and better homes, but to show her that homes didn’t matter, we could live in any home, in any city, in any country, in any century, and be happy, as if the world were just what we lived in. Jonathan Safran Foer citieshomecountry
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