Every night before putting her to sleep, Yankel counts her ribs, as if one might have disappeared in the course of the day and become the seed and soil for some new companion to steal her away from him.
Jonathan Safran FoerWords are capable of making experience more vivid, and also of organizing it. They can scare us, and they can comfort us.
Jonathan Safran FoerMy impression is that staying together as a couple does not correspond to the challenges themselves, but whether the very idea of breaking up is an option on the table. If it is, then some people take it. If it's not, then they will keep working at it. You must know people who were terribly suited who make it work. And there are couples who seem perfectly suited that break up. It's a mystery to everyone.
Jonathan Safran FoerParents are always more knowledgeable than their children, and children are always smarter than their parents.
Jonathan Safran Foer