Jonathan Safran Foer: Frasi in inglese (pagina 11)
Jonathan Safran Foer è scrittore statunitense. Frasi in inglese.“… and when is enough proof enough?”
Origine: Everything Is Illuminated
“We had everything to say to each other, but no ways to say it.”
Variante: We had everything to say to each other, but no ways to say it
Origine: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
“Things were happening around us, but nothing was happening between us.”
Origine: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Oskar's grandmother
"My Feelings" (p. 314)
Origine: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2005)
Contesto: I said, I want to tell you something She said, you can tell me tomorrow I had never told her how much I loved her. She was my sister. We slept in the same bed. There was never a right time to say it. It was always unnecessary. I thought about waking her. But it was unnecessary. There would be other nights. And how can you say I love you to someone you love? I rolled onto my side and fell asleep next to her. Here is the point of everything I have been trying to tell you, Oskar. It's always necessary. I love you. Grandma.
“What if I never stop inventing?”
Origine: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
“We looked at each other until it felt like everything would burst into flames”
Origine: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
“We are being very nomadic with the truth, yes?”
Origine: Everything Is Illuminated
“Everyone performs bad actions… A bad person is someone who does not lament his bad actions.”
Origine: Everything Is Illuminated
Origine: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Origine: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Origine: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2005)
Contesto: 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 could never have war anymore. (p. 189)
“It would be possible, in theory, for life and art to be reversed.”
Origine: Everything Is Illuminated
“Chickens can do many things, but they cannot make sophisticated deals with humans.”
Origine: Eating Animals