I hope that one day you will have the experience of doing so... - Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

"Succotash my cocker spaniel, you fudging crevasse-hole dipshiitake!"

"Parents are always more knowledgeable than their children, and children are always smarter than their parents."

"She died in my arms, saying, "I don't want to die."That is what death is like. It doesn't matter what uniforms the soldiers are wearing. It doesn't matter how good the weapons are. I thought if everyone could see what I saw, we would never have war anymore."

"I want an infinitely blank book and the rest of time."

"When I heard your organization was recording testimonies, I knew I had to come. She died in my arms, saying 'I don't want to die.' That is what death is like. It doesn't matter what uniforms the soldiers are wearing. It doesn't matter how good the weapons are. I thought if everyone could see what I saw, we would never have war anymore."