Needs Quotes by Jonathan Safran Foer

I did not need to know if he could love me. I needed to know if he could need me.

— Jonathan Safran Foer

I need an office, so I can have a place where I don't write.

— Jonathan Safran Foer

Everything is to protect you. I exist in case you need to be protected.

— Jonathan Safran Foer

“I had no need for the past, I thought, like a child. I did not consider that the past might have a…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

I always write out of a need to read something, rather than a need to write something.

— Jonathan Safran Foer

I said, 'I need to know how he died.' He flipped back and pointed at, 'Why?' So I can stop inventing how…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

What the world does not need is a Haggadah that pats itself on the back. It needs a Haggadah that gets out…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

She said, "Do you have more things that you need, or more that you don't need?" I said, "It depends on what…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

To remember my values, I need to lose certain tastes and find other handles for the memories that they once helped me…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

And also, there are so many times when you need to make a quick escape, but humans don't have their own wings,…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

Everyone is always in need of something that another person can give, be it undivided attention, a kind word or deep empathy.…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

You need to have a reader's sympathy in order to accomplish anything. It's like at a reading, I find it's better to…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

Kids are a great analogy. You want your kids to grow up, and you don't want your kids to grow up. You…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

It shouldn't be the consumer's responsibility to figure out what's cruel and what's kind, what's environmentally destructive and what's sustainable. Cruel and…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

What the meat industry figured out is that you don't need healthy animals to make a profit. Sick animals are more profitable...…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

I knew that our time together was almost over, I asked her if she liked sports, she asked me if I liked…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

We need a better way to talk about eating animals, a way that doesn't ignore, or even just shruggingly accept things like…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

We need enormous pockets, pockets big enough for our families and our friends, and even the people who aren't on our lists,…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

We live in a world made up more of story than stuff. We are creatures of memory more than reminders, of love…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

Cher Marcel, Allô. I am Oskar's mom. I have thought about it a ton, and I have decided that it isn't obvious…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

We need a better way to talk about eating animals. We need a way that brings meat to the center of public…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

And nothing inspires as much shame as being a parent. Children confront us with our paradoxes and hypocrisies, and we are exposed.…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

We need a better way to talk about eating animals, a way that doesn't ignore or even just shruggingly accept things like…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

How would you judge an artist who mutilated animals in a gallery because it was visually arresting? How riveting would the sound…

— Jonathan Safran Foer