Apartment Quote by Jonathan Safran Foer
“The world is a big place," he said, "but so is the inside of an apartment!”
About This Quote
Source Novel: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, 2005
The speaker likens the vastness of the world to the surprising spaciousness found within a small apartment, highlighting contrast.
In simple terms: World is huge, but apartments can feel huge too.
Key Takeaway
Appreciate unexpected scale in everyday spaces.
Themes
perspective
space
surprise
Mood
contemplative
wry
Type
literary
philosophical
When to use this quote
- travel planning
- home organization
- creative writing
Key Concepts
literary metaphor
urban living
Questions to Reflect On
- How does scale perception affect your mood?
- What small spaces feel surprisingly large?
A Different Perspective
Metaphor may be taken literally by some.
![“My father would never have come to visit, he detested Eva's [Braun] choice in a man and the fact [Adolf] Hitler had set her up in an apartment. To him it was deeply humiliating that she was living with a man at his own whim at an apartment he was paying for.” quote by Gretl Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2a7/gretl-braun-9500_apartment_my-father-would-never-have-come-to-visit_40016.jpg)
