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Summary
the book is about Oskar Schell a 9 year old boy who lost his father in the 9-11 attacks and goes on a search to find the lock of the key he found in his fathers closet after he died. on his journey he meets many other people who also have experienced loss. there are alot of themes in the book... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Memorable Quotes
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“Does it break my heart, of course, every moment of every day, into more pieces than my heart was made of, I never thought of myself as quiet, much less silent, I never thought about things at alll, everything changed, the distance that wedged itself between me and my unhappiness wasn't the world, it wasn't the bombs and burning buildings, it was me, my thinking, the cancer of never letting go, is ignorance bliss, I don't know, but it's painful to think, and tell me, what did thinking ever do for me, to what great place did thinking ever bring me? I think and think and think, I've thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it.”
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“Deja mi-e dor de tine Oskar.Mi-era dor chiar si atunci cand eram cu tine.Asta a fost mereu problema mea.Mi-e dor de ceea ce am deja si ma inconjor de lucruri care-mi lispesc.”
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“"What about little microphones? What if everyone swallowed them, and they played the sounds of our hearts through little speakers, which could be in the pouches of our overalls? When you skateboarded down the street at night you could hear everyone's heartbeat, and they could hear yours, sort of like sonar. One weird thing is, I wonder if everyone's hearts would start to beat at the same time, like how women who live together have their menstrual periods at the same time, which I know about, but don't really want to know about. That would be so weird, except that the place in the hospital where babies are born would sound like a crystal chandelier in a houseboat, because the babies wouldn't have had time to match up their heartbeats yet. And at the finish line at the end of the New York City Marathon it would sound like war."”
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“"We need enormous pockets, pockets big enough for our families and our friends, and even the people who aren't on our lists, people we've never met but still want to protect. We need pockets for boroughs and for cities, a pocket that could hold the universe."”
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“"Why didn't I learn to treat everything like it was the last time. My greatest regret was how much I believed in the future."”
First Sentence
What about a teakettle?
Table of Contents
Authors & Contributors
- Jonathan Safran Foer (Author)
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