I do think ordinariness is, in a way, the enemy, but not ordinariness as the opposite of flamboyance.
Jonathan Safran FoerWe laughed and laughed, together and separately, out loud and silently, we were determined to ignore whatever needed to be ignored, to build a new world from nothing if nothing in our world could be salvaged, it was one of the best days of my life, a day during which I lived my life and didn't think about my life at all.
Jonathan Safran FoerAugust has passed, and yet summer continues by force to grow days. They sprout secretly between the chapters of the year, covertly included between its pages.
Jonathan Safran FoerDear Anna, we will live in a home with no walls, so that everywhere we go will be our home.
Jonathan Safran Foer