They reciprocated the great and saving lie--that our love for things is greater than our lover for our love for things--willfully playing the parts they wrote for themselves, willfully creating and believing fictions necessary for life.
Jonathan Safran FoerShe said, "Do you have more things that you need, or more that you don't need?" I said, "It depends on what it means to need.
Jonathan Safran FoerWhile it is always possible to wake a person who's sleeping, no amount of noise will wake a person who is pretending to be asleep.
Jonathan Safran Foer