Jews have a special relationship to books, and the Haggadah has been translated more widely, and reprinted more often, than any other Jewish book. It is not a work of history or philosophy, not a prayer book, userโs manual, timeline, poem or palimpsest - and yet it is all these things.
Jonathan Safran FoerI'm less worried about accomplishment - as younger people always can't help but be - and more concerned with spending my time well, spending time with my family, and reading, learning things.
Jonathan Safran FoerI usually write away from home, in coffee shops, on trains, on planes, in friendsโ houses. I like places where thereโs stuff going on that you can lift your eyes, see something interesting, overhear a conversation.
Jonathan Safran FoerHowever much we obfuscate or ignore it, we know that the factory farm is inhumane in the deepest sense of the word. And we know that there is something that matters in a deep way about the lives we create for the living beings most within our power. Our response to the factory farm is ultimately a test of how we respond to the powerless, to the most distant, to the voiceless--it is a test of how we act when no one is forcing us to act one way or another.
Jonathan Safran Foer