Jonathan Safran Foer citáty
Jonathan Safran Foer
Datum narození: 21. únor 1977
Jonathan Safran Foer je americký spisovatel známý především díky svým dvěma románům Naprosto osvětleno a Příšerně nahlas a k nevíře blízko . Mezi jeho další dílo z oblasti literatury faktu patří kniha Jíst zvířata nebo grafický román Tree of Codes . Jeho poslední román Here I Am byl publikován v roce 2016. Do češtiny zatím nebyl přeložen. Mimo svou autorskou činnost vyučuje tvůrčí psaní na New York University. Wikipedia
Citáty Jonathan Safran Foer
„She let out a laugh, and then she put her hand over her mouth, like she was angry at herself for forgetting her sadness.“
— Jonathan Safran Foer, kniha Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Zdroj: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
„She was not crying
Which surprised me very much
But I understand now
That she had found places
For her melancholy
That were behind more masks
Than only her eyes“
— Jonathan Safran Foer, kniha Everything Is Illuminated
Zdroj: Everything Is Illuminated
„Not responding is a response - we are equally responsible for what we don't do.“
— Jonathan Safran Foer, kniha Eating Animals
Zdroj: Eating Animals
„Sometimes I can feel my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not living.“
— Jonathan Safran Foer, kniha Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Zdroj: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2005), p. 113
„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, kniha Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Zdroj: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
„It was not the feeling of completeness I so needed, but the feeling of not being empty.“
— Jonathan Safran Foer, kniha Everything Is Illuminated
Zdroj: Everything Is Illuminated
„I regret that it takes a life to learn how to live.“
— Jonathan Safran Foer, kniha Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Zdroj: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
„Time was passing like a hand waving from a train I wanted to be on. I hope you never think about anything as much as I think about you.“
— Jonathan Safran Foer, kniha Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Zdroj: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2005), p. 224
„I hope that one day you will have the experience of doing something you do not understand for someone you love.“
— Jonathan Safran Foer, kniha Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Zdroj: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
„Why do beautiful songs make you sad?" "Because they aren't true." "Never?" "Nothing is beautiful and true.“
— Jonathan Safran Foer, kniha Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Zdroj: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2005), p. 43
„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, kniha Everything Is Illuminated
Zdroj: Everything Is Illuminated
„One day you will do things for me that you hate. That is what it means to be family.“
— Jonathan Safran Foer, kniha Everything Is Illuminated
Zdroj: Everything Is Illuminated
„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, like new batteries in the flashlight in the emergency kit in the hall closet.“
— Jonathan Safran Foer, kniha Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Zdroj: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2005), p. 130
„Songs are as sad as the listener.“
— Jonathan Safran Foer, kniha Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Zdroj: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
„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, kniha Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Zdroj: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2005), p. 153
