I could tell that Mom was dreaming, but I didn't want to know what she…

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