The mistakes I've made are dead to me. But I can't take back the things I never did.
Jonathan Safran FoerWe could imagine all sorts of universes unlike this one, but this is the one that happened.
Jonathan Safran FoerAbraham responds "Here I am" when God asks him to sacrifice his son, and he answers "Here I am" when his son asks him about what is happening. It's a paradoxical moment. He can't be fully present for his God or his son.
Jonathan Safran Foer