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Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes about Children

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 (2013). “Everything Is Illuminated”, p.123, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

We've made science experiments of ourselves and our children.

"Jonathan Safran Foer on 'Eating Animals'". The Washington Post Live Q&As, www.washingtonpost.com. November 19, 2009.

Even if I don't like what I am, I know what I am. My children like what they are, but they don't know what they are. So tell me which is worse.

Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel”, p.151, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

I have no need for the past, I thought, like a child. I did not consider that the past might have a need for me.

Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel”, p.78, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Parents are always more knowledgeable than their children, and children are always smarter than their parents.

Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel”, p.7, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt