Nile B

“We are not long-term beings. Not heroes of romances in many volumes. For one gesture, for one word alone, we shall make the effort. We openly admit: our creations will be temporary. We shall have this as our aim: a gesture.”
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Tree of Codes

“We sit together in silence for a while. This is what I have always liked about James. We can make a good silence together. There's something between us that doesn't need words or actions. It settles around us and I can feel it now, hovering gently, ready to wrap me in its nebulous folds, like a delicate lace shawl. I want it to be like this always, something inside us meeting and holding hands, something calm and soothing and healing.”
― Clare Morrall, Astonishing Splashes of Colour

“Highs and lows make you feel that things matter, but they're nothing." "So what's something?" "Being reliable is something. Being good.”
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

“For how long could we fail until we surrendered?”
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything is Illuminated