Jonathan Safran Foer
Jonathan Safran Foer
Jonathan Safran Foeris an American novelist. He is best known for his novels Everything Is Illuminated, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, and for his non-fiction work Eating Animals. He teaches creative writing at New York University...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth21 February 1977
CountryUnited States of America
trying want remember
I try not to remember the life that I didn’t want to lose but lost and have to remember
want said
You do not have to utter anything you do not want to utter,” I told her, and she said, “Then I would never utter another word again.” “You do not have to do anything that you do not want to do.” “Then I would never do anything again.
want said stomach
I said I kicked a French chicken in the stomach once." "Huh?" "It said, 'Oeuf.'" "What is that?" "It's a joke. Do you want to hear another, or have you already had un oeuf?
way anxious wanted
I ran rather than walked, anxious to lose my way. All I wanted was to be unsure.
thinking boys want
I wouldn't want a boy to think I was pretty unless he was the kind of boy who thought I was pretty.
hands time-passing wanted
Time was passing like a hand waving from a train that I wanted to be on.
thinking hard-times want
I want to talk about God in a literary way. But I think I would have a very hard time praying to God.
opposites trying want
Which, then, brings us closer to what we want to communicate: saying what we intend, or trying to say the opposite?
want way looks
I know you look both ways before you cross the street, but I want you to look both ways a second time, because I told you to.
thinking boys want
I think it's very pretty. Can it be pretty if no one thinks it's pretty? I think it's pretty. If you're the only one? That's pretty pretty. And what about the boys? Don't you want them to think you're pretty? I wouldn't want a boy to think I was pretty unless he was the kind of boy who thought I was pretty.
voice want proud
It's so hard to express yourself.' I understand this.' I want to express myself.' The same is true for me.' I'm looking for my voice.' It's in your mouth.' I want to do something I'm not ashamed of.' Something you are proud of, yes?' Not even. I just don't want to be ashamed.
sadness trying wanted
I wanted to touch him, to tell him that even if everyone left everyone, I would never leave him, he talked and talked, his words fell through him, trying to find the floor to his sadness.
mom dream want
I could tell that Mom was dreaming, but I didn't want to know what she was dreaming about, because I had enough of my own nightmares, and if she had been dreaming something happy, I would have been angry at her for dreaming something happy.
love-is want
That’s all anyone wants from anyone else, not love itself but the knowledge that love is there.