1,008 Quotes by Jonathan Safran Foer

There was nothing, which would have been unfortunate, unless nothing was a clue. Was nothing a clue?

Mi s-a parut foarte emotionant sa-i simt atingerea si sa-mi amintesc ca mainile pot exprima si iubire.

Once upon a time, USDA inspectors had to condemn any bird with such fecal contamination. But about thirty years ago, the poultry industry convinced the USDA to reclassify feces so that it could continue to use these automatic eviscerators. Once a dangerous contaminant, feces are now classified as a “cosmetic blemish.

He knew that I love you also means I love you in a way that no one loves you, or has loved you, or will love you, and also, I love you in a way that I love no one else, and never have loved anyone else, and never will love anyone else.

They lay in silence, thinking their own thoughts, each trying to know the other’s. They were becoming strangers on top of each other.

The older one gets, the harder it is to account for time. Children ask: “Are we there yet?” Adults: “How did we get here so quickly?

Without context, we’d all be monsters.

Did you manufacture any Z’s?

Should he one day share it and be asked how autobiographical it was, he would say, “It’s not my life, but it’s me.