A few weeks after the worst day, I started writing lots of letters. I don't know why, but it was one of the only things that made my boots lighter.
Jonathan Safran FoerStichwörter: writing
Why do beautiful songs make you sad?' 'Because they aren't true.' 'Never?' 'Nothing is beautiful and true.
Jonathan Safran FoerStichwörter: music beauty sadness
I thought for a minute, and then I got heavy, heavy boots.
Jonathan Safran FoerI flipped back through the pad of paper while I thought about what Stephen Hawking would do next.
Jonathan Safran FoerIn the end, everyone loses everyone. There was no invention to get around that, and so I felt, that night, like the turtle that everything else in the universe was on top of.
Jonathan Safran FoerCher Marcel,
Allô. I am Oskar's mom. I have thought about it a ton, and I have decided that it isn't obvious why Oskar should go to French lessons, so he will no longer be going to go see you on Sundays like he used to. I want to thank you very much for everything you have taught Oskar, particularly the conditional tense, which is weird. Obviously, there's no need to call me when Oskar doesn't come to his lessons, because I already know, because this was my decision. Also, I will keep sending you checks, because you are a nice guy.
Votre ami dévouée,
Mademoiselle Schell.
The secret was a hole in the middle of me that every happy thing fell into.
Jonathan Safran FoerI read the first chapter of A Brief History of Time when Dad was still alive, and I got incredibly heavy boots about how relatively insignificant life is, and how, compared to the universe and compared to time, it didn't even matter if I existed at all.
Jonathan Safran FoerI hope that one day you will have the experience of doing something you do not understand for someone you love.
Jonathan Safran FoerIt was the first time I had ever made love. I wondered if he knew that. It felt like crying. I wondered, Why does anyone ever make love?
Jonathan Safran FoerStichwörter: love
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