People around the world were moving from one place to another. No one was staying.
Jonathan Safran FoerThere are still many different ways to get stuck, existentially stuck. Feeling like, "This is worthless. I'm wasting my time, and I would be wasting the time of someone who tried to read this." It happens all the time.
Jonathan Safran FoerWe say no to lots of things that would please us. I would like to punch people every now and then, but I don't. I would like to have something for free rather than pay for it. I would like to skip to the front of the line... I don't mean to brush aside the taste of meat, which is a powerful attraction. But its power is not without limit.
Jonathan Safran FoerShe felt as if she were brimming, always producing and hoarding more love inside her. But there was no release.
Jonathan Safran Foer