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It has shown me that everything is illuminated in the light of the past. It is always along the side of us...on the inside, looking out.

It has shown me that everything is illuminated in the light of the past. It is always along the side of us...on the inside, looking out.

Jonathan Safran Foer
Past, Light, Sides
"Everything Is Illuminated". www.imdb.com. 2005.

I was of the opinion that the past is past, and like all that is not now it should remain buried along the side of our memories.

Jonathan Safran Foer
Memories, Past, Sides
"Everything Is Illuminated". www.imdb.com. October 14, 2005.

From the movie "Everything is Illuminated" based on a book by Jonathan Safran Foer: I have reflected many times upon our rigid search. It has shown me that everything is illuminated in the light of the past. It is always along the side of us, on the inside, looking out. Like you say, inside out. Jonathan, in this way, I will always be along the side of your life. And you will always be along the side of mine.

Jonathan Safran Foer
Book, Past, Light

The images of his infinite pasts and infinite futures washed over him as he waited, paralyzed, in the present.

Jonathan Safran Foer
Past, Infinite, Paralyzed
Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). “Everything Is Illuminated”, p.264, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

In the past seven years of love-making he had heard the words "I love you" so many times: from the mouths of widows and children, from prostitutes, family friends, travelers, and adulterous wives. Women said "I love you" without his ever speaking. "The more you love someone," he came to think, "the harder it is to tell them." It surprised him that strangers didn't stop each other on the street to say "I love you".

Jonathan Safran Foer
Children, Love You, Past

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

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