I could not believe in a God that would challenge faith like... - Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything Is Illuminated

"I imagine a line, a white line, painted on the sand and on the ocean, from me to you."

"With writing, we have second chances."

"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."

"It was not the feeling of completeness I so needed, but the feeling of not being empty."

"I am always sad, I think. Perhaps this signifies that I am not sad at all, because sadness is something lower than your normal disposition, and I am always the same thing. Perhaps I am the only person in the world, then, who never becomes sad. Perhaps I am lucky."