It was not the feeling of completeness I so needed, but the... - Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything Is Illuminated

"The more you love someone, he came to think, the harder it is to tell them. It surprised him that strangers didn't stop each other on the street to say I love you."

"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."

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

"I could not believe in a God that would challenge faith like this."

"I don't think that there are any limits to how excellent we could make life seem."