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Mom told me, “It probably gets pretty lonely to be Grandma, don’t you think?” I told her, “It probably gets pretty lonely to be anyone

Mom told me, “It probably gets pretty lonely to be Grandma, don’t you think?” I told her, “It probably gets pretty lonely to be anyone

Jonathan Safran Foer

Mom, Lonely, Grandma

Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel”, p.69, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Mom said, "His spirit is there," and that made me really angry. I told her, "Dad didn't have a spirit! He had cells!" "His memory is there." "His memory is here," I said, pointing at my head. "Dad had a spirit," she said, like she was rewinding a bit in our conversation. I told her, "He had cells, and now they're on rooftops, and in the river, and in the lungs of millions of people around New York, who breathe him every time they speak!

Jonathan Safran Foer

Mom, New York, Dad

Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel”, p.169, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Cher Marcel, Allô. I am Oskar's mom. I have thought about it a ton, and I have decided that it isn't obvious why Oskar should go to French lessons, so he will no longer be going to go see you on Sundays like he used to. I want to thank you very much for everything you have taught Oskar, particularly the conditional tense, which is weird. Obviously, there's no need to call me when Oskar doesn't come to his lessons, because I already know, because this was my decision. Also, I will keep sending you checks, because you are a nice guy. Votre ami dévouée, Mademoiselle Schell.

Jonathan Safran Foer

Mom, Nice, Sunday

Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel”, p.51, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

I could tell that Mom was dreaming, but I didn't want to know what she was dreaming about, because I had enough of my own nightmares, and if she had been dreaming something happy, I would have been angry at her for dreaming something happy.

Jonathan Safran Foer

Mom, Dream, Want

Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel”, p.107, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

As for the bracelet Mom wore to the funeral, what I did was I converted Dad’s last voice message into Morse code, and I used sky-blue beads for silence, maroon beads for breaks between letters, violet beads for breaks between words, and long and short pieces of string between the beads for long and short beeps, which are actually called blips, I think, or something. Dad would have known.

Jonathan Safran Foer

Mom, Dad, Thinking

Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel”, p.35, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt