Christine

“I put my hand on the doorknob because I thought maybe her hand was on the doorknob on the other side.”
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

“I loved having a dad who was smarter than the New York Times, and I loved how my cheek could feel the hairs on his chest through his T-shirt, and how he always smelled like shaving, even at the end of the day. Being with him made my brain quiet. I didn't have to invent a thing.”
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

“She said, "Do you have more things that you need, or more that you don't need?" I said, "It depends on what it means to need.”
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

“What if the water that came out of the shower was treated with a chemical that responded to a combination of things, like your heartbeat and your body temperature and your brainwaves, so that your skin changed color according to mood? If you were extremely excited your skin would turn green, and if you we're angry you'd turn red, obviously, and if you felt like shiitake you'd turn brown and if you we're blue you'd turn blue.

Everyone could know what everyone else felt and we could be more careful with each other, because you'd never want to tell someone who skin was purple that you're angry at her for being late, just like you'd want to pat a pink person on the back and say, "Congratulations!”
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close