Wanted Quotes by Jonathan Safran Foer

I wanted so much to have a life. Even just once, even for a second.

— Jonathan Safran Foer

“I wanted to shout myself into his ear.”

— Jonathan Safran Foer

Yesterday I wanted to turn inside out.

— Jonathan Safran Foer

Time was passing like a hand waving from a train that I wanted to be on.

— Jonathan Safran Foer

I ran rather than walked, anxious to lose my way. All I wanted was to be unsure.

— Jonathan Safran Foer

I wanted to protect him, which I was sure I could do, even if I could not protect myself.

— Jonathan Safran Foer

I wanted to cry but I didn't, I probably should have cried, I should have drowned us there in the room ending…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

I didn't feel empty. I wished I'd felt empty. ... I wanted to be empty like an overturned pitcher. But I was…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

I wanted to hit him. I wanted to hold him. I wanted to shout myself into his ear.

— Jonathan Safran Foer

Time was passing like a hand waving from a train I wanted to be on. I hope you never have to think…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

She wanted nothing more than someone to miss, to touch, with whom to speak like a child, with whom to be a…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

...he enclosed pieces of string that he used to measure out his body--his head, thigh, forearm, finger, neck, everything. He wanted me…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

Because it was starting to get dark, and because the streets were crowded, I bumped into a googolplex people. Who were they?…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

She wanted more, more slang, more figures of speech, the bee's knees, the cats pajamas, horse of a different color, dog-tired, she…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

I tried the key in all the doors, even though he said he didn't recognize it. It's not that I didn't trust…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

We were quiet on the car ride home. I turned on the radio and found a station playing "Hey Jude." It was…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

Anyway, the fascinating thing was that I read in National Geographic that there are more people alive now than have died in…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

I wanted to touch him, to tell him that even if everyone left everyone, I would never leave him, he talked and…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

...he was leaving me. I wondered if I should stop him. If I should wrestle him to the ground and force him…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

I wanted to tell her everything, maybe if I'd been able to, we could have lived differently, maybe I'd be there with…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

Why are you leaving me? He wrote, I do not know how to live. I do not know either but I am…

— Jonathan Safran Foer