# Quote — Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

> She died in my arms saying, "I don't want to die." That is what death is like. It doesn't matter what uniforms the soldiers are wearing. It doesn't matter how good the weapons are. I thought if everyone could see what I saw, we could never have war anymore. (p. 189)

- Author: [Jonathan Safran Foer](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jonathan-safran-foer.md)
- Book: [Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jonathan-safran-foer/extremely-loud-and-incredibly-close.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/jonathan-safran-foer/extremely-loud-and-incredibly-close/she-died-in-my-arms

## More from this book

> It broke my heart into more pieces than my heart was made of, why can't people say what they mean at the time? (p. 279)

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jonathan-safran-foer/extremely-loud-and-incredibly-close/it-broke-my-heart.md)

> "Why do beautiful songs make you sad?" "Because they aren't true." "Never?" "Nothing is beautiful and true." (p. 43)

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> I spent my life learning to feel less.
>
> Every day I felt less.
>
> Is that growing old? Or is it something worse?
>
> You can not protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.

p. 180 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jonathan-safran-foer/extremely-loud-and-incredibly-close/i-spent-my-life.md)