There is nothing wrong with compromising. Even if you compromise almost everything.
Jonathan Safran FoerDarling, You asked me to write you a letter, so I am writing you a letter. I do not know why I am writing you this letter, or what this letter is supposed to be about, but I am writing it nonetheless, because I love you very much and trust that you have some good purpose for having me write this letter. I hope that one day you will have the experience of doing something you do not understand for someone you love. Your father
Jonathan Safran FoerWe were quiet on the car ride home. I turned on the radio and found a station playing "Hey Jude." It was true, I didn't want to make it bad. I wanted to take the sad song and make it better. It's just that I didn't know how.
Jonathan Safran FoerWhat is suffering? I'm not sure what it is, but I know that suffering is the name we give to the origin of all the sighs, screams, and groans โ small and large, crude and multifaceted โ that concern us. The word defines our gaze even more than what we are looking at.
Jonathan Safran Foer