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

> The mistakes I've made are dead to me. But I can't take back the things I never did. (p. 309)

- 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)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jonathan_Safran_Foer#Extremely_Loud_and_Incredibly_Close_(2005)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/jonathan-safran-foer/extremely-loud-and-incredibly-close/the-mistakes-ive

## 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)

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jonathan-safran-foer/extremely-loud-and-incredibly-close/why-do-beautiful.md)

> I spent my life learning to feel less.
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> Every day I felt less.
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> 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)