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esth84175: Not responding is a response--we are equally responsible for what we don't do. In the case of animal slaughter, to throw your hands in the air is to wrap your fingers around a knife handle.,Jonathan Safran Foer, Eating Animals,animals, eating, meat, responsibility, slaughter,

I_amMina: "I think and think and think, I've thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it." - Jonathan Safran Foer

SaulMajortom246: I think and think and think, I've thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it. -Jonathan Safran Foer

olafthewacky: "There were things I wanted to tell him. But I knew they would hurt him. So I buried them, and let them hurt me.” – Jonathan Safran Foer

cygnetbrown: I think and think and think, I've thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it. Jonathan Safran Foer - Novelist

FlyingFeather12: “You can’t protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.” - Jonathan Safran Foer

rickreads: 76% done with We Are the Weather, by Jonathan Safran Foer

starlitgf: “i’m so afraid of losing something i love that i refuse to love anything.” -jonathan safran foer

kaizosaki: - extremely loud and incredibly close by Jonathan Safran Foer

DonnaSLam: "I think and think, I've thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it." - Jonathan Safran Foer

jarrybot: sorry who is jonathan safran foer again and why do i care

librarybookbot: ‘Time was passing like a hand waving from a train I wanted to be on. I hope you never have to think about anything as much as I think about you.’ — jonathan safran foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

omosholaspeaks: "You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness." —Jonathan Safran Foer

luqmanitsnan: You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness. -Jonathan Safran Foer

ArticulateShow: The best-selling author Jonathan Safran Foer writes to interrogate his own past and all of our futures. Watch him on Articulate here:

aho_juhani: I'm not dissing Jonathan Safran Foer, the author of the novel, btw. He wanted to tell a story about coping with loss of innocence on a personal level (dead parent), a national level (9/11) and a cultural level (Holocaust). Rudin hired Stephen Daldry and Eric Roth to win awards.

TonySurry: I think and think and think, I've thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it. Jonathan Safran Foer - Novelist

_founduniverse: She wants to know if I love her, that’s all anyone wants from anyone else, not love itself but the knowledge that love is there. - Jonathan Safran Foer

Mr_Considerate: 'Jonathan Safran Foer says he lets his cat go outdoors, so it can't be him.' 'Shit. Who's another absolute loser? Just some dipshit when you hear their name your eyes travel instantly to the back of your head?' 'Ever read The Corrections?' 'Shit, that's our guy.'

drmuhammadridha: I think and think and think, I've thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it. Jonathan Safran Foer - Novelist

CherylAMajor: "I think and think and think. I've thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it." ~ Jonathan Safran Foer

andela_bobic: “Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I’m not living.” — Jonathan Safran Foer

parallelselves: “Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not living.” Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

muhreesuh91: why was 17 year old me posting Jonathan Safran Foer quotes on my Facebook? setting myself up for a lifetime of overthinking

John_P_Jones_: Everything is illuminated by the light of the past…✨☀️✨ ~ Jonathan Safran Foer~

smohindroo66: I think and think and think, I’ve thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it. Jonathan Safran Foer

Naturevolve: I think and think and think, I've thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it. Jonathan Safran Foer - Novelist

smohindroo66: I think and think and think, I’ve thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it.   Jonathan Safran Foer

RodeRobijn: I think and think and think, I've thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it. Jonathan Safran Foer - Novelist

ReWrite02436493: I think and think and think, I've thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it. Jonathan Safran Foer - Novelist

Vblacksmith: I think and think and think, I've thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it. Jonathan Safran Foer - Novelist

mixcom: I think and think and think, I've thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it. Jonathan Safran Foer

dfcorona: I think and think and think, I've thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it. Jonathan Safran Foer

Eric_Bigger: I think and think and think, I've thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it. Jonathan Safran Foer - Novelist

kvranson: I think and think and think, I've thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it. Jonathan Safran Foer

alvina13: 4 of 5 stars to Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

sugarlife___: "Time was passing like a hand waving from a train I wanted to be on. I hope you never have to think about anything as much as I think about you." -jonathan safran foer

adamsturch1: “Time was passing like a hand waving from a train I wanted to be on. I hope you never have to think about anything as much as I think about you.” - Jonathan Safran Foer

Justice78602373: You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.” ― Jonathan Safran Foer Joyful Sushant

luqmanitsnan: You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness. -Jonathan Safran Foer

kohlgill: 4 of 5 stars to Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer

Tamatar2010: "Time was passing like a hand waving from a train I wanted to be on. I hope you never have to think about anything as much as I think about you." Jonathan Safran Foer ZAIN IMAM IN BEKABOO

Diana72885274: “She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separating its numerous strands, appreciating its subtle nuances. She was a prism through which sadness could be divided into its infinite spectrum.” ― Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything is Illuminated

_AnnieRilke_: “I spent my life learning to feel less”. -Jonathan Safran Foer

ru6466: Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not living.,Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,life,

el32415425: ...only someone who'd never been an animal would put up a sign saying not to feed them....,Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,animals, humor,

sagaciousruby: I regret that it takes a life to learn how to live. Because if I were able to live my life again, I would do things differently. I would change my life. Jonathan Safran Foer, (Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close)

Rhohm: “If we were to one day encounter a form of life more powerful and intelligent than our own, and it regarded us as we regard fish, what would be our argument against being eaten?” - Jonathan Safran Foer

Eyglo: “I imagine a line, a white line, painted on the sand and on the ocean, from me to you.” ~Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything is Illuminated

agui37325: So it had something to do with the sinner, and something with the judge, and the fear of not being forgiven, and the relief of being loved again.,Jonathan Safran Foer, Here I Am,fear, love, sin,

ju40872876: she also liked to remember that there could be no such thing as an intentional imperfection. People are always mistaking something that looks good for something that feels good.,Jonathan Safran Foer, Here I Am,imperfection, mistakes, the-human-condition,

IsiomaPeter42: There are worse things, worse than being like us. Look, at least we're alive.,Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,inspirational, life, truth,

sciencebyjae: 3) Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer If you want a deep yet approachable philosophical conversation around industrialized ag and the meat industry this is the book for you. Foer is a master of storytelling and makes many brilliant points.

KSchwarzBerlin: The Land of the "Free" where books are banned and removed. Never thought I would wake up to a world where books of Jonathan Safran Foer and Jodi Picoult are removed from libraries?!

JakeWSimons: Other removed books by Jewish authors include the coming-of-age novel ‘Forever’ by Judy Blume, and ‘Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close’ by Jonathan Safran Foer, which is about a boy whose father was killed on 9/11

JComm_NewsFeeds: Holocaust novel by Jodi Picoult removed as FL school district purges libraries: Other removed books by Jewish authors include the coming-of-age novel “Forever,” by Judy Blume, and “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,” by Jonathan Safran Foer

JTAnews: Other removed books by Jewish authors include the coming-of-age novel “Forever,” by Judy Blume, and “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,” by Jonathan Safran Foer.

zain141951: "Time was passing like a hand waving from a train I wanted to be on. I hope you never have to think about anything as much as I think about you." Jonathan Safran Foer FAHMAAN RULING AS RAVI

nohate251: "You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness." Jonathan Safran Foer FAHMAAN RULING AS RAVI

4ralphgailonly: Food is not rational. Food is culture, habit, craving and identity.  – Jonathan Safran Foer RALPHGAIL ASAPaKENsiAYUMI

RyanSquier3: “You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness- Jonathan Safran Foer

johnkat16286633: I regret that it takes a life to learn how to live.,Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,close, extremely, foer, incredibly, jonathan, living, loud, safran,

monasticliving2: i know "everything everywhere all at once" isn't based on a jonathan safran foer novel, but it sounds like it is, and that's enough for me to never watch it.

j34103269: So many people enter and leave your life! Hundreds of thousands of people! You have to keep the door open so they can come in! But it also means you have to let them go!,Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,books,

life0music: He knew that I love you also means I love you in a way that no one loves you, or has loved you, or will love you, and also, I love you in a way that I love no one else, and never have loved anyone else, and never will love anyone else. — Jonathan Safran Foer

luqmanitsnan: You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness. -Jonathan Safran Foer

aquotebot: "Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I’m not living." –Jonathan Safran Foer

gentle_Yuktii: “Songs are as sad as the listener.” ― Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close STRIKING FOR MADDAMSIR S2

yuktii_darknian: “Songs are as sad as the listener.” ― Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close STRIKING FOR MADDAMSIR S2

Trippindsto4240: One day you will do things for me that you hate. That is what it means to be family.,Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything Is Illuminated,family,

Bloomet6339: I regret that it takes a life to learn how to live.,Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,close, extremely, foer, incredibly, jonathan, living, loud, safran,

Anthony63654201: Then I have some bad news for you, because humans are going to destroy each other as soon as it becomes easy enough to, which will be very soon.,Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,future, jofer,

mysh1ttyreview: Everything is Illuminated (2005) and Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011) book adaptations from Jonathan Safran Foer. Oddly enough, I love the Everything is Illuminated movie, didn't care for the book and loved the Extremely Loud book, but wasn't that fond of the movie.

KlugTman2564: I think and think and think, I‘ve thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it.,Jonathan Safran Foer,happiness, thinking, wisedom,

MercyFeline6208: As we drove, I imagined we were standing still and the world was coming toward us.,Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,drive, world,

arpanmondal270: "Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not living." - Jonathan Safran Foer

Khadsr2678: So it had something to do with the sinner, and something with the judge, and the fear of not being forgiven, and the relief of being loved again.,Jonathan Safran Foer, Here I Am,fear, love, sin,

Glitzah6830: So it had something to do with the sinner, and something with the judge, and the fear of not being forgiven, and the relief of being loved again.,Jonathan Safran Foer, Here I Am,fear, love, sin,

Mediant9613: One day you will do things for me that you hate. That is what it means to be family.,Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything Is Illuminated,family,

Globays7689: It has shown me that everything is illuminated in the light of the past. It is always along the side of us...on the inside, looking out.,Jonathan Safran Foer,illumination, life, past,

MumbeMumbe5: 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 Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,writing,

Augusti70103783: Anyone who believes that a second is faster than a decade did not live life.,Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,life, live-life, time,

SoundNsmile2206: I could not believe in a God that would challenge faith like this.,Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything Is Illuminated,atheism, faith, god,

dion_yulianto: On page 45 of 430 of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, by Jonathan Safran Foer

Cheima_Mezdour: "You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness." Jonathan Safran Foer

chribreuer: In the 00s years a wave of annoying American writers hit Europe: Jonathan Safran Foer, Jonathan Franzen, Chad Harbach, Benjamin Kunkel, Marisha Pessl, Jonathan Lethem, Nicole Krauss, N+1 Franzen aside, I have never heard anything about the others again.

heliotrope_24: Why didn't I learn to treat everything like it was the last time. My greatest regret was how much I believed in the future. ~Jonathan Safran Foer

jshelat1: God, I can just imagine Jonathan Safran Foer reading this and thinking he could make the precocious-child-searching -for-answers-about-his-father plot better. Spoiler: he didn’t.

jewishfilmorg: Jonathan Safran Foer’s online flirtation with Natalie Portman inspires a new play

dianeshirley253: We have to wake up: factory farms are breeding grounds for pandemics | Jonathan Safran Foer and Aaron S Gross

GaboM_21: "Time was passing like a hand waving from a train I wanted to be on. Hope you never have to think about anything as much as I think about you" Jonathan Safran Foer

B1S2179: From "Eating Animals" by Jonathan Safran Foer.

Lemacoski: "I shook my tambourine the whole time, because it helped me remember that even though I was going through different neighborhoods, I was still me." - Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

chaloelikesthis: This passage by Jonathan Safran Foer makes me think of her now: "It was late, and we were tired. We assumed there would be other nights. Anna’s breathing started to slow, but I still wanted to talk. She rolled onto her side. I said, I want to tell you something.

luqmanitsnan: You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness. -Jonathan Safran Foer

Othuke__Umukoro: Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not living. —Jonathan Safran Foer * Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? —Mary Oliver

yassoma: In an interview with Annalisa Cuzzocrea, Jonathan Safran Foer has said that “we are in a post-apocalyptic movie,” and Amitav Ghosh, interviewed by Alberto Simoni, added that “Nothing of what we could do to save the planet has a hope of actually being achieved.”

Taurus667: “You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.” — Jonathan Safran Foer

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ashraf_lutfy: You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness. Jonathan Safran Foer



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