Jenna Johnson

“It was inevitable: Yankel fell in love with his never-wife. He would wake from sleep to miss the weight that never depressed the bed next to him, remember in earnest the weight of gestures she never made, long for the un-weight of her un-arm slung over his too-real chest, making his widower's rememberences that much more convincing and his pain that much more real.”
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything is Illuminated

“She wanted nothing more than someone to miss, to touch, with whom to speak like a child, with whom to be a child.”
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything is Illuminated

“Waffle House at four in the morning is a liminal space occupied by long-haul truckers, bleary-eyed shift workers, and teenagers so high they can smell God’s breath.”
― T. Kingfisher, A House With Good Bones

“I wouldn't want a boy to think I was pretty unless he was the kind of boy who thought I was pretty.”
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything is Illuminated