I realized that your mother couldn't see the emptiness, she couldn't see anything...All of the words I'd written to her over all of those years, had I never said anything to hear at all?
Jonathan Safran FoerI always write out of a need to read something, rather than a need to write something.
Jonathan Safran FoerWhy didn't he say goodbye? I gave myself a bruise. Why didn't he say 'I love you'?
Jonathan Safran FoerShe was not crying Which surprised me very much But I understand now That she had found places For her melancholy That were behind more masks Than only her eyes
Jonathan Safran Foer