He was someone whom everyone admired and liked but whom nobody knew. He was like a book that you could feel good holding, that you could talk about without ever having read, that you could recommend.
Jonathan Safran FoerEveryone performs bad actions... A bad person is someone who does not lament his bad actions.
Jonathan Safran FoerIt made me start to wonder if there were other people so lonely so close. I thought about โEleanor Rigby.โ Itโs true, where do they all come from? And where do they all belong?
Jonathan Safran FoerNot responding is a response - we are equally responsible for what we don't do.
Jonathan Safran Foer